Cave Roderick, Ayad Sara, History of the book. From clay tablets to e-books, Arkady, Warsaw 2015, p. 288, dimensions 21 x 26 cm. Numerous illustrations in the text. Hardcover with original wrapper. Minor rubbing of the wrapper.
100 books coming from all over the world and devoted to the most diverse subjects were selected to show the most important stages of the development of book production or to remind the items that had the greatest significance in its history. The splendidly illustrated volume is a delight for the eyes and at the same time a fascinating testimony to mankind's more than 5,000-year-old quest to transmit ideas and knowledge.
The publication we are handing over to the readers talks about the book in chronological order, it can be said that the authors write about both the pre-book and the post-book. Polish editing is presented here by one title: "Kamienie na szaniec" by Aleksander Kamiński, published underground during the German occupation.
