From the Book - First edition.
A clean sheet: the invention of papyrus
Hidebound: the grisly invention of parchment
Pulp fictions: the ambiguous origins of paper in China
From Silk Road to paper trail: paper goes global
Stroke of genius: the arrival of writing
The prints and the pauper: Johannes Gutenberg and the invention of movable type
Out of sorts: typesetting meets the Industrial Revolution
Saints and scriveners: the rise of the illuminated manuscript
Ex oriente lux: woodcut comes to the West
Etching a sketch: copperplate printing and the Renaissance
Better imaging through chemistry: lithography, photography, and modern book printing
Books before the book: papyrus scrolls and wax tablets
Joining the folds: the invention of the codex
Ties that bind: binding the paged book
Size matters: the invention of the modern book