Books that have changed the world. A set in 2 volumes. Nemirovsky E.

Books occupy a special place in world culture. They are the keepers of information, and carriers of the foundations of world religions, and sources of education and enlightenment, and translators of scientific knowledge, and containers of literary and artistic creativity, and objects of collecting... Over a thousand -year history, people created a huge number of different books as a goal as a goal purpose, and in art design. Many of them played an outstanding role in the history of mankind, sometimes so significant that we have the right to call them books that have changed the world.

The work of an outstanding scientist-book scholar tells about many books, creators, book-seller and readers. The first volume of this fundamental essay is devoted to the most important milestones in the history of book culture, which determined their further development. Particular attention is paid to the history of writing and the initial stage of creating written texts among different peoples. The book of books is considered in detail - the Bible, whose role in world culture is unprecedented. Many ancient works played an important role in the history of mankind. Medieval codes became a significant milestone in history, the heads of the book are dedicated to the most significant manuscript of Western European and Slavic verbal and Cyrillic books. A special place was given to the origins of printing-Johann Gutenberg and his followers in Western Europe.

The second volume is dedicated to the history of book culture and scribes of the XVII-XIX centuries. In the era of the New Age, enlightenment, many books played a very significant role, influencing philosophical, political, scientific thought, became epoch -making milestones in the history of literature and art.

The book tells about a change in the role of a printed book in Western Europe In the 17th century, about the contribution of many printing houses and book publishers in the creation of a unique image of a printed book as a work of art and material culture. Much attention is paid to the Elsevers, books of the Enlightenment and literary works, included in the Golden Fund of World Culture.

the specifics of the development of book culture in the XIX century. Separate chapters of volume are devoted to the most noticeable works of scientific, philosophical thought, literary works.

The book is addressed to historians, philologists, culturalists and all those interested in the history of the book and book culture.

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