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    Mediaeval Arabic bookmaking and its relation to early chemistry and pharmacology / Martin Levey.

    Muʻizz ibn Bādīs, Prince of Africa, 1007 or 1008-1062. | Date: 1962
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    Annual bibliography of the history of the printed book and libraries.

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    The book in Japan : a cultural history from the beginnings to the nineteenth century / by Peter Kornicki.

    Kornicki, Peter F. (Peter Francis) | Date: 1998
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    The case for books : past, present, future / Robert Darnton.

    Darnton, Robert. | Date: [2009], ©2009
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    Medizin & Kunst = Medicine & art / Kapiteltexte: Ghislaine Lawrence ; Objektbeschreibungen: Renate Burgess... [and others] ; Photos: Chris Carter.

    | Date: 2003
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Printing - History
Book industries and trade - History
Books
History, 18th Century

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