Divine Art, Infernal Machine: The Reception of Printing in the West from First Impressions to the Sense of an Ending by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein

Divine Art, Infernal Machine: The Reception of Printing in the West from First Impressions to the Sense of an Ending

Elizabeth L. Eisenstein

368 pages • first pub 2010 (view editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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There is a longstanding confusion of Johann Fust, Gutenberg's one-time business partner, with the notorious Doctor Faustus. The association is not surprising to Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, for from its very early days the printing press was viewed by...

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