The book in the Renaissance / Andrew Pettegree.

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010], ©2010.

xvi, 421 pages : illustrations ; cm.

The book world before print -- Gutenberg -- Renaissance encounters : the crisis of print -- The creation of a European book market -- Book town Wittenberg -- Luther's legacy -- First with the news -- Polite diversions -- At school -- The literature of conflict -- The search for order -- Market forces -- Science and exploration -- Healing -- Building a library -- Word and the street.

Includes bibliographical references and index.