The history of book publishing in Europe. Five centuries from the first printing machine to modern technology. Steinberg Z.G.

Study of 3. G. Steinberg trains the history of the set -out print from its occurrence in the XV century in the Gutenberg workshop to radical innovation, technical innovations of the XX century, from the emergence and formation of all characteristic qualities of printing to new methods of production, the spread of books and constantly changing habits readers. The author in his observations discusses the era of mechanization, which began with the invention of lithography, explores the design of fonts, censorship, the relationship of printing and education with language and literature.