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Five Hundred Years of Printing the author takes up the"A concise and scholarly but entertaining account of the relation between printing and civilization." British Printer. This highly readable survey traces the history of printing with movable type from its 15th century beginnings in Gutenberg's workshop to the technical advances of the 20th century. Observations on type design, book production, bestsellers, censorship, and other topics explore associations between printing and education, language, and