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It rescued ancient learning from obscurity, transformed knowledge of the natural and physical world, and brought the thrill of book ownership to the masses. A groundbreaking study of the fascinating yet largely unknown world of books in the first great age of print, 1450–1600 Selected by New York Times Book Review as a Best Book Since 2000 The dawn of print was a major turning point in the early modern world. But, as Andrew Pettegree reveals in this work of great historical merit, the story of the post-Gutenberg world was rather more complicated than we have often come to believe. The Book in the Renaissance reconstructs the first 150 years of the world of print, exploring the complex web of religious, economic, and cultural concerns surrounding the printed word.