The Book in Germany.

Abstract

The articles in this edited collection trace the history of the book in Germany from the manuscript tradition through to the twentieth century. Contents:
1. Mary Fischer: Winning Hearts and Minds: the role of the written word in the crusades in north-eastern Europe in the fourteenth century.
2. Henrike Laehnemann: From Print to Manuscript: the case of a manuscript workshop in Stuttgart around 1475.
John L. Flood: GW 6002: A Typographical Conundrum from 1479.
3. Jeffrey Ashcroft: Ne sint Magistri sine Libris: Early german printed books in the libraries of St Andrews University.
4. William A. Kelly: Medical and Scientific Publishing in Germany, 1601-1800.
5. Susan Reed: Printing the Revolution: Berlin broadsides from 1848.
6. Jasmin Lange: Marketing Rules: changing publishing strategies in the Weimar period.
7. Alistair McCleery: The German Paperback tradition and Its Influence.

Citation

(2010). M. Fischer, & W. A. Kelly (Eds.), The Book in Germany. Merchiston Publishing

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Publication Date: 2010
• Deposit Date: Sep 19, 2013
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: The Book in Germany.
• ISBN: 9780955356162
• Keywords: book history; Germany
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6318