Oxford Companion to the BookA unique work of reference, covering the book, broadly conceived, throughout the world from ancient to modern times. It includes traditional subjects such as bibliography, palaeography, the history of printing, editorial theory and practice, textual criticism, book collecting, and libraries, but it also engages with newer disciplines such as the history of the book and the electronic book. Ancient to modern times. A series of introductory essays alongside an A-Z section of over 5,000 entries.