The History of the Book in the New World: a Measure of Human Progress.

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      NEW York (N.Y.); NEW York (State)
    • Abstract:
      The article presents a text excerpted from the catalog of the exhibition "The Book in the Americas," held at the Americas Society Art Gallery in New York City in 1990. The exhibition commemorates the 450th anniversary of the beginning of printing in the Western Hemisphere. The title of the catalog is "The Book in the Americas: The Role of Books and Printing in the Development of Culture and Society in Colonial Latin America," published by Brown University's John Carter Brown Library.