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Printer's error : irreverent stories from book history / J.P. Romney and Rebecca Romney.

by Romney, J. P.

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Books -- History.

Printing -- History.

Printing industry -- History.

Rare books -- Anecdotes.

9780062412317 (hc.)

xvii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-338) and index.

Introduction: What do you reckon this is? -- How to forge a rare book -- Forgetting Mr. Gooseflesh -- Trees of truth -- Making the round world flat -- Bad Shakespeare -- Benjamin Franklin makes it rain -- Angelic visions and deadly terrors -- The memoir that killed her memory -- American bookaneers -- When doves cry -- Blifter! -- Conclusion: Nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

"An entertaining history of printed books as told through absurd moments in the lives of authors and printers, collected by the rare-book expert from the History Network TV series Pawn Stars. Since the Gutenberg Bible first went on sale in 1455, printing has been viewed as one of the highest achievements of human innovation. But the march of progress hasn't been smooth; downright bizarre is more like it. Some of the strangest episodes in the history of Western printing, and how we've succeeded despite ourselves. Rare-book expert Rebecca Romney and author J. P. Romney take us from monasteries and museums to auction houses and libraries to introduce curious episodes in the history of print that have had a profound impact on our world. While the Gutenberg Bible is regarded as the first printed work in the Western world, Gutenberg's name doesn't appear anywhere on it. Today, Johannes Gutenberg is recognized as the father of Western printing. But for the first few hundred years after the invention of the printing press, no one knew who printed the first book. This long-standing mystery took researchers down a labyrinth of ancient archives and libraries, and unearthed surprising details, such as the fact that Gutenberg's financier sued him, repossessed his printing equipment, and started his own printing business afterward. Eventually the first printed book was tracked to the library of Cardinal Mazarin in France, and Gutenberg's forty-two-line Bible was finally credited to him, thus ensuring his name would be remembered by middle-school students worldwide"--Provided by publisher.

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