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History of Books, Printing, and Publishing

University of Pittsburgh
Dept. Code: 
LIS
Course Number: 
2280
Course Credits: 
3
Course Instructor: 
Richard J. Cox
Course Format: 
Lecture
Offered Online: 
No

The development of the book in its many forms in relation to contemporary society, education, and culture. Manuscript origins, the nature and development of the printing process, the reading public, the book trade, binding, and book illustration.