Marco Cursi, Book Forms. From the table to the e-book, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2016, 288 p.
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It is not easy to include this text in a particular category. It is not a manual of papirology or codicology, as it addresses a time span that is too long compared to the life of the volume alone or code and allows for the practice of copying and reading as well; on the other hand, it is not a text which deals only with publishing. The title “Book Forms” can be explained by the subtitle “From tableware in the e-book”. This is a story of the Western Book, the Book Object,...