stiff paper wrappers
1989 · Berkeley
by Darnton, Robert
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. stiff paper wrappers. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xv+(i), 351+(1) pages. First edition. This book discusses the role of printing in the French revolution. The printing press helped shape the events it recorded and was an active force in history, expecially during the decade of 1789-1799, when the struggle for power was a struggle for mastery of public opinion. Illustrated. Name in ink at top of half-title. (Inventory #: 60444)