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Tables of Contents for A Short History of the Printed Word
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the Revised Edition
ix
Robert Bringhurst
Preface to the First Edition
xi
Warren Chappell
List of Illustrations
xv
Prologue to Discovery
3
19
The Alphabet
22
21
Type: Cutting and Casting
43
22
Incunabula: 1440--1500
65
28
The Sixteenth Century
93
30
The Seventeenth Century
123
35
The Eighteenth Century
158
33
The Nineteenth Century
191
36
The Early Twentieth Century: 1900--1940
227
28
The Second World War and After: 1940--1970
255
20
The Digital Revolution and the Close of the Twentieth Century
275
26
Index
301