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Revue francaise d'histoire du livre, 118-21, "Le berceau du livre: autour des incunables." Edited by Frederic Barbier. Geneva: Librairie Droz S.A., 2004. 472 pp. [euro]6.31 (paper). ISBN 2-600-00910-8.
An introduction to the fascinating world of "print culture" may be gained from the Revue as well as great insight into "transitions in media," old and new.
This issue offers twenty-two illuminating articles, crafted with loving care by authoritative devotees of the history of the book. Wolfgang von Stromer, Lotte Helinga, and Frederic Barbier each discuss Gutenberg, from questions of precedence (did the Chinese come first, as Goodrich and Needham have suggested?) to the role at Mainz of Nicolas Jenson and the French court. (1) Also, were the Mainz innovations a radical break in history or…