Open AccessBettina Wagner and Marcia Reed, eds. Early Printed Books as Material Objects. Berlin: De Gruyter Saur, 2010. xii, 367p. ISBN 9783110253245. $150.00.
Author(s) -
Jennifer K. Sheehan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
rbm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2150-668X
pISSN - 1529-6407
DOI - 10.5860/rbm.13.1.372
Subject(s) - section (typography) , library science , art history , art , humanities , cartography , classics , geography , computer science , operating system
This book consists of the proceedings from a preconference organized by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), held in Munich 19–21 August 2009 as a satellite meeting to IFLA’s annual congress in Milan, Italy. In the Introduction, Wagner sets the stage for the work included in this collection of presented papers. Although multiple copies of early printed editions may survive to the present day, Wagner emphasizes the importance of early printed books as individual objects, each with unique characteristics that distinguish it from all other copies printed in the . . .