PREFACE

CONTENTS

BOOKS BEFORE TYPOGRAPHY CHAPTER I The Origin of the Alphabet

CHAPTER II Writing Materials

CHAPTER III The Evolution of the Book

CHAPTER IV Making the Manuscripts

CHAPTER V Ancient and MediAEval Libraries

CHAPTER VI The Dawn of a New Era

SUPPLEMENTARY READING

REVIEW QUESTIONS

TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

CONTRIBUTORS

BOOKS BEFORE
TYPOGRAPHY

A PRIMER of INFORMATION ABOUT THE
INVENTION OF THE ALPHABET AND
THE HISTORY OF BOOK-MAKING
UP TO THE INVENTION OF
MOVABLE TYPES

BY

FREDERICK W. HAMILTON, LL.D.

EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR
UNITED TYPOTHETÆ OF AMERICA

PUBLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
1918

Copyright, 1918
United Typothetae of America
Chicago, Ill.