The Story of Books
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1. Front matter2. ILLUSTRATIONS3. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY4. CHAPTER II THE PRESERVATION OF LITERATURE5. CHAPTER III BOOKS AND LIBRARIES IN CLASSICAL TIMES6. CHAPTER IV BOOKS IN MEDIÆVAL TIMES7. CHAPTER V LIBRARIES IN MEDIÆVAL TIMES8. CHAPTER VI THE BEGINNING OF PRINTING9. CHAPTER VII WHO INVENTED MOVEABLE TYPES?10. CHAPTER VIII GUTENBERG AND THE MENTZ PRESS11. CHAPTER IX EARLY PRINTING12. CHAPTER X EARLY PRINTING IN ITALY AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES13. CHAPTER XI EARLY PRINTING IN ENGLAND14. CHAPTER XII EARLY PRINTING IN SCOTLAND15. CHAPTER XIII EARLY PRINTING IN IRELAND16. CHAPTER XIV BOOK BINDINGS17. CHAPTER XV HOW A MODERN BOOK IS PRODUCED18. AUTHOR'S POSTSCRIPT.19. INDEX