The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Canto Classics) 9781107632752, 9780521845434, 0521845432, 9780521607742, 0521607744, 1107632757

In 1979 Elizabeth Eisenstein provided the first full-scale treatment of the fifteenth-century printing revolution in the

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The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Canto Classics)
9781107632752, 9780521845434, 0521845432, 9780521607742, 0521607744, 1107632757

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