Books before Typography
by Frederick W. Hamilton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1860-1940
- Title
- Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49
- Credits
- Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Stephanie Eason, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- Z: Bibliography, Library science
- Subject
- Books -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 30803
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30803
- Release Date
- December 30, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES—PART VIII—NO. 49 — BOOKS BEFORE TYPOGRAPHY — A PRIMER of INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVENTION OF THE ALPHABET AND THE HISTORY OF BOOK-MAKING UP TO THE INVENTION OF MOVABLE TYPES — BY — FREDERICK W. HAMILTON, LL.D. — EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR UNITED TYPOTHETÆ OF AMERICA — PUBLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA 1918 — Copyright , 1918 United Typothetae of America Chicago, Ill.
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.CHAPTER I — The Origin of the Alphabet — GENEALOGY OF THE ALPHABET
- 5.CHAPTER II — Writing Materials
- 6.CHAPTER III — The Evolution of the Book
- 7.CHAPTER IV — Making the Manuscripts
- 8.CHAPTER V — Ancient and Mediæval Libraries
- 9.CHAPTER VI — The Dawn of a New Era
- 10.SUPPLEMENTARY READING
- 11.REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 12.TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES
- 13.ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- 14.CONTRIBUTORS
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