A History of Reading

From clay tablets to CD-ROM, from book thieves to book burners, bibliophiles, book fools and saints, this discursive essay (with 140 illustrations) on the mysteries of reading follows the passionate 6000-year-old history of the written word, whose true hero is the reader.
Winner of 1998 Prix Médicis.

English First Editions

Toronto, 1996    
Alfred A. Knopf
372 p., illustr.

9780394280325

London, 1996
HarperCollins
372 p., illustr.

9780002550062

New York, 1996
Viking / Penguin
372 p., illustr.

9780670843022

International First Editions

1997 Brazil
Uma história da leitura

9788571647008

1997 Greece
Η ιστορία της ανάγνωσης

9789602368343

1997 Italy
Una storia della lettura

9788804460022

1998 France
Une histoire de la lecture

2702819630

1998 Germany
Eine Geschichte des Lesens

9783353011015

1998 Portugal
Uma história da leitura

9789722323390

1998 Spain
Una historia de la lectura

9788420642925

1999 Taiwan
閱讀地圖一部人類閱讀的歷史

9570515937

1999 Colombia
Una historia de la lectura

9789580450580

1999 Japan
読書の歴史

9784760118069

1999 Netherlands
Een geschiedenis van het lezen

9789026315664

1999 Norway
En historie om lesning

9788203204456

1999 Sweden
En historia om läsning

9789173246071

2000 Canada
Une histoire de la lecture

9782760921078

2000 South Korea
독서의 역사

9788984070288

2001 Croatia
Povijest citanja

9536460173

2001 Hungary
Az olvasás története

9635305109

2001 Israel
Toldot ha-ḳeri ah

OCLC48465113

2001 Lebanon
تـاريـخ الـقـراءة

9781855165489

2001 Turkey
Okumanin Tarihi

9789753639194

2002 China
阅读史

9787100034463

2003 Denmark
Af laesningens historie

9788700489981

2003 Poland
Moja historia czytania

9788373192492

2003 Thailand
โลกในมือนักอ่าน

9789743229558

2004 Bulgaria
История на четенето

9789547333628

2005 Argentina
Una Historia de la Lectura

9789500426602

2005 Serbia
Istorija citanja

9788670474710

2005 Spain
Una historia de la lectura
Full-colour edition

9788426415257

2006 Mexico
Una historia de la lectura

9789682710490

2006 Netherlands
Een geschiedenis van het lezen – Full-colour ed.

9789026319877

2007 Czech Republic
Dejiny ctení

9788072942312

2007 Slovenia
Zgodovina branja

9789612316402

2008 Germany
Eine Geschichte des Lesens – Full-colour ed.

9783100487520

2008 Russia
История чтения

9785975702722

2011 Romania
Istoria lecturii

9786065791329

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