The paper trail : an unexpected history of a revolutionary invention /
Alexander Monro.
- New York : Knopf, 2016
- 368 p. ; illustrations, maps
"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Allen Lane, ...in 2014" -- copyright page
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tracing Paper -- Alpha and Omega -- Preparing the Soil -- Genesis -- At the Margins -- Paper Rain -- Papyrocracy -- The Handover -- Bibliophiles -- Building Books -- A New Music -- Bagdatixon and its Ologies -- A Continent Divides -- Translating Europe -- A New Dialogue -- By the Cartload -- Epilogue : Fading Trails.
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Technology and engineering--Inventions Papermaking--History Paper--History History--Civilization Language arts and disciplines--Literacy General & World History Inventions