The Reader in the Book: A Study of Spaces and Traces

by Stephen Orgel

Book Overview

The Reader in the Book is concerned with a particular aspect of the history of the book, an archeology and sociology of the use of margins and other blank spaces. One of the most commonplace aspects of old books is the fact that people wrote in them, something that, until very recently, has infuriated modern collectors and librarians. But these inscriptions constitute a significant dimension of the book's history, and what readers did to books often...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198737564
• ISBN13: 9780198737568
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.1"