Carter (John) and Muir (Percy) Comps. and Eds.
PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN
A descriptive catalogue illustrating the impact of print on the evolution of western civilization during five centuries with and introductory essay by Denys Hay
Published: London, 1967
Stock Number: #10252/1
Price: R2,000
Approximately:
280 pages folio (320 x220mm), numerous black and white illustrations, red cloth titled gilt on the spine, a fine copy in the dust jacket. First edition
Editor's Note: The invention of printing with movable type, by Johann Gutenberg of Mainz in the fifth decade of the fifteenth century, was crucial to the whole evolution of western civilization during the ensuing 500 years. In this volume will be found full descriptions of books etc, which are of prime importance to the mind of man.