This book systematically narrates the most significant periods of the evolution and dissemination of Greek books from Antiquity to Modern times and the 20th century. This work is intended as a teaching aid for the departments of Library Science and Information Systems at the Technological Educational Institutes.
Contents:
Part A: The Book in Antiquity
1. From the Cylinder to the Codex
2. The Tables of Callimachus of Cyrene
Part B: The Book in the Middle Ages
3. The Book in the Byzantine World
4. The Greek Book in the 9th Century
5. The Greek Book in Byzantine Society
6. The Greek Book in the Middle Ages (11th - 13th)
Part C: Typography and the Book
7. The Invention of Typography
8. The Production and Distribution of the Greek Book in the 15th and 16th Centuries
Part D: The Greek Book in Modern Times
9. The Greek Book in the 17th and 18th Centuries
10. The National Awakening Publications of the Modern Greek Enlightenment
11. The Educational Publications of the Modern Greek Enlightenment
12. Newspapers and Magazines of the Modern Greek Enlightenment
13. The Production of the Greek Book in the 19th Century
14. The Contemporary Greek Book
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography Table
