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In 1450, all western Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to no more than a single modern library. By 1500 they were printed in their millions. This brought about the biggest change in human culture since the invention of the alphabet itself.John Man is the author of 'The Gutenberg Revolution: The Story of a Genius and an Invention That Changed the World', published 2002 under ISBN 9780747245049 and ISBN 0747245045.
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