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Written by Philip Soundy Unwin
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history of publishing


Written by Philip Soundy Unwin
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The origins of books

How soon after the invention of writing men began to make books is uncertain because the books themselves have not survived. The oldest surviving examples of writing are on clay or stone. The more fragile materials used for writing at various times have generally perished. The earliest known books are the clay tablets of Mesopotamia and the papyrus rolls of Egypt. There are examples of both dating from the early 3rd millennium bc. ... (79 of 47,252 words)

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