Selected by New York Times Book Review as a Best Book Since 2000 “[Pettegree] offers a radically new understanding of printing in the years of its birth and youth.”—Robert Pinsky, New York Times Book Review “[A] fine new study.”—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker “Pettegree’s book has a clear and solid structure. . . . There is so much ... Read moreto enjoy here.”—Martin Davies, Times Literary Supplement “[A] remarkable book.”—Christopher Hawtree, The Independent “Its cornucopia of information is well managed and engagingly written up.”—Holly Kyte, Sunday Telegraph “[A] splendid book . . . an engrossing and sure-footed story.”—Fernando Cervantes, The Tablet “[A] lively work.”—Christopher Hirst, The Independent  “Pettegree has written the perfect book for the bibliophile.”—Alistair Mabbott, The Herald (Glasgow) “One of the most significant library-related books I have ever read in many a year; I cannot recommend it highly enough.”—Norman D. Stevens, RBM Selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2011 in the General category Winner of the 2011 Phyllis Goodhart Gordon Book Prize, presented by the Renaissance Society of America “An authoritative, innovative and succinct account of one of the most fundamental issues in Renaissance history, the role of the printed book.”—Henry Kamen Show Less