IN the following pages an attempt has been made to give the
essential facts of the history of the Elsevier family, and to show
the relations of the printers to the world around them. Printing
and publishing history is sometimes written as personal
reminiscence, as aesthetic or technical criticism, or as a guide
for book collectors. There is something to be said for treating it
as a phase of economic or social history, and this treatment has
been attempted here. There are difficulties inherent in the task
which are not at first apparent. Printers are in touch on the one
hand with the world of manufacturing and commerce, and on the other
hand with the world of literature and scholarship - with not merely
one phase of literature and learning but with a great many. As a
result the innocent enthusiast who attempts to follow the
activities of a publisher as he moves in the various milieux will
constant ly find himself in strange regions he knows nothing about.
He will probably wish he had never entered them, and his learned
readers will probably wish so, too. So much assistance from friends
has been sought and given that the story presented is a mosaic of
the learning of others. The writer has reserved for himself only
the special province of errors and omissions, and hereby lays claim
to all such as may be found.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer
|
| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Release date: |
1954 |
| First published: |
1954 |
| Authors: |
David William Davies
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
159 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1954 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-9401504287 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
9401504288 |
| Barcode: |
9789401504287 |
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