A History of Reading / Manguel, Alberto ; Serafini JL., 1996
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Scope and Contents
The author recounts the 6000 year old history of reading in an approachable and illuminiating style that is easily understood, tracing "the reader's progress from clay tablet to scroll, codex to CD-Rom." A timeline of reading history is printed on the verso of the dust jacket. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1996
Creator
- Manguel, Alberto (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (372 pages) in dust jacket) : illustrations ; 24.3 x 17.5 x 3.3 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
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Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: New York : Viking Press. Nationality of creator: Canadian. General: Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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Main Library
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