Turn the pages of the most famous books of all time and marvel at the stories behind them. Over 75 of the world's most celebrated, rare, and seminal books are examined and explained in this stunning treasury. Books That Changed History is a unique encyclopedia spanning the history of the written word, from 3000 BCE to the modern day. Chronological chapters show the evolution of human knowledge and the changing ways in which books are made. Discover incredible coverage of history's most influential books including the Mahabharata, Shakespeare's First Folio, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Penguin's first ever paperbacks. From Darwin's groundbreaking On the Origin of Species to Louis Braille's conception of the Braille system that we still use today, these are world famous books that have had the biggest impact on history. Every book is presented with breathtaking photography and fascinating biographies of those who created them. Books That Changed History gathers dictionaries, diaries, plays, poems, treaties, and religious texts into one stunning celebration of the undisputed power of books.
Author(s): Michael Collins, Alexandra Black, Thomas Cussans, John Farndon, Philip Parker
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: DK/Dorling Kindersley/Penguin Random House
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 258
Tags: Best books, Books: History: Pictorial Works, Books And Reading: History
Contents 4......Page 6
Foreword 6......Page 8
Introduction 8......Page 10
Ancient Egyptian Books of the Dead 18......Page 20
I Ching 24......Page 26
The Art of War 26......Page 28
Mahabharata 28......Page 30
Dead Sea Scrolls 30......Page 32
Vienna Dioscorides 34......Page 36
Book of Kells 38......Page 40
The Blue Qur’an 44......Page 46
Diamond Sutra 46......Page 48
The Exeter Book 48......Page 50
Directory 50......Page 52
The Tale of Genji 54......Page 56
The Canon of Medicine 56......Page 58
The Domesday Book 58......Page 60
The Gospels of Henry the Lion 60......Page 62
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry 64......Page 66
Directory 70......Page 72
Gutenberg Bible 74......Page 76
Elementa Geometriae 76......Page 78
Nuremberg Chronicle 78......Page 80
Divine Comedy 84......Page 86
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili 86......Page 88
Harmonice Musices Odhecaton 88......Page 90
The Codex Leicester 90......Page 92
Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion 94......Page 96
Il Principe 96......Page 98
Epitome 98......Page 100
Cosmographia 102......Page 104
Les Prophéties 108......Page 110
Aubin Codex 110......Page 112
The Discoverie of Witchcraft 114......Page 116
Don Quixote 116......Page 118
King James Bible 118......Page 120
Hortus Eystettensis 122......Page 124
Tutte l’opere d’architettura et prospetiva 126......Page 128
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies 128......Page 130
Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo 130......Page 132
Bay Psalm Book 132......Page 134
Directory 134......Page 136
Micrographia 138......Page 140
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica 142......Page 144
Systema Naturae 144......Page 146
L’Encyclopédie… des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers 146......Page 148
A Dictionary of the English Language 150......Page 152
Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis 154......Page 156
Tristram Shandy 156......Page 158
Fables in Verse 160......Page 162
The Wealth of Nations 162......Page 164
Rights of Man 164......Page 166
Songs of Innocence and of Experience 166......Page 168
Birds of America 170......Page 172
Procedure for Writing Words, Music, and Plainsong in Dots 174......Page 176
Baedeker guidebooks 176......Page 178
The Pickwick Papers 178......Page 180
The Holy Land 180......Page 182
Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions 186......Page 188
Uncle Tom's Cabin 190......Page 192
Leaves of Grass 192......Page 194
On the Origin of Species 194......Page 196
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 196......Page 198
Das Kapital 200......Page 202
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted 202......Page 204
Un Coup de Dés Jamais N’Abolira Le Hasard 208......Page 210
Directory 210......Page 212
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 216......Page 218
The Tale of Peter Rabbit 218......Page 220
The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm 222......Page 224
General Theory of Relativity 226......Page 228
Pro Dva Kvadrata 228......Page 230
Penguin’s First 10 Paperback Books 230......Page 232
The Diary of a Young Girl 232......Page 234
Le Petit Prince 234......Page 236
Le Deuxième Sexe 236......Page 238
The Feminine Mystique 237......Page 239
Silent Spring 238......Page 240
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung 240......Page 242
Directory 242......Page 244
INDEX 246......Page 249
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 255......Page 257
