The printing press as an agent of change : communications and cultural transformations in early modern Europe, volumes I and II / Elizabeth L. Eisenstein [complete in 2 volumes]

Eisenstein, Elizabeth L. [author]

1979, First Edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #444369
ISBN: 0521220440

Physical description; 2 volumes (xxi, 794 pages) ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 709-767) and index. Contents; Vol. I -- part 1. Introduction to an elusive transformation. The unacknowledged revolution -- Defining the initial shift ; some features of print culture -- part 2. Classical and Christian traditions reoriented ; Renaissance and Reformation reappraised. A classical revival reoriented : the two phases of the Renaissance -- The scriptural tradition recast : resetting the stage for the Reformation -- Vol. II -- part 3. The book of nature transformed. Introduction ; problems of periodization -- Technical literature goes to press : some new trends in scientific writing and research -- Resetting the stage for the Copernican Revolution -- Sponsorship and censorship of scientific publication -- Conclusion : Scripture and nature transformed. Subjects; 15th -17th centuries. Printing Influence. Reformation. Renaissance. Technology and civilization. Civilization history. Printing history. Technology history.

Price: €175.00