Old Books, New Technologies: The Representation, Conservation and Transformation of Books Since 1700

by David McKitterick

Book Overview

As we rely increasingly on digital resources, and libraries discard large parts of their older collections, what is our responsibility to preserve 'old books' for the future? David McKitterick's lively and wide-ranging study explores how old books have been represented and interpreted from the eighteenth century to the present day. Conservation of these texts has taken many forms, from early methods of counterfeiting, imitation and rebinding to modern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107470390
• ISBN13: 9781107470392
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.7"