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WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT BOOKS IN 1498

This is an article of astonishing perspicacity – well worth your time!

WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT BOOKS IN 1498

1998
by John H. Lienhard
Mechanical Engineering Department
University of Houston

In the year 1456, Johann Gutenberg and Peter Schoeffer printed their great Bible. Now the question: How many new books do you think had been printed by 1498, 42 years later, and just 500 years ago? Some of you may know, but most people I talk with, even most librarians, are astonished when they hear the number.

WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT BOOKS IN 1498.

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