The course will cover a wide variety of topics concerned with the history and development of the book in its various formats, both as a physical object and as the bearer of intellectual content.
The first will concentrate on the physical properties of the objects that carried written and pictorial texts, such as tablets, scrolls, and codices, and will include the bibliographic description of books. The second will concern cultural and social history as evidenced through these publications, including censorship, typography, and the development of intellectual inquiry

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Updated 12/4/04