The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives -- Adam Smyth, Hardcover Art & Art Instruction One day in 1903 the

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The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives -- Adam Smyth, Hardcover Art & Art Instruction One day in 1903 theThe five hundred year history of printed books, told through the people who created them. "Smyth breathes both books as objects and their creators back into life." Financial Times An Economist Book of the Year Books have transformed humankind, yet we know little about the individuals who brought these fascinating objects into existence. Who were these renegade book makers who changed the course of history through their experiments in the arts of