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Lifetime: 1872 - 1939 Passed: ≈ 85 years ago

Title

Writer

Country/Nationality

United States

Gertrude Burford Rawlings

Books by Gertrude Burford Rawlings

The Story of Books Cover image

The Story of Books

History
Technology Engineering

Rawlings follows the development of printing from the origins of writing to modern printing. Some of the earliest records are ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman recordings on papyrus and wax tablets. However, Rawlings acknowledges the sparse nature of...