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Description of  Lost Books: Reconstructing the Print World of Pre-Industrial Europe (Library of the Written Word, Volume 46 / The Handpress World, Volume 34)

Questions of survival and loss bedevil the study of early printed books. Many early publications are not particularly rare, but many have disappeared altogether. Here leading specialists in the field explore different strategies for recovering this lost world of printQuestions of survival and loss bedevil the study of early printed books. Many early publications are not particularly rare, but many have disappeared altogether. Here leading specialists in the field explore different strategies for recovering this lost world of print.