Inky Fingers: The Making of Books in Early Modern Europe
By Anthony Grafton, the Henry Putnam University Professor of History
Published Dec. 19, 2020
Inky Fingers is a study in bookmaking in early modern Europe, tracing everything from developments in linguistic style to the physical process of editing hand-written manuscripts and preparing physical books.
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