Everyday Life in the German Book Trade: Friedrich Nicolai as Bookseller and Publisher in the Age of Enlightenment (Penn State Series in the History of the Book) Paperback – Import, 15 November 2000

The quality of the printing of the paperback edition is low. The map beside the preface is totally unreadable.

This is a scholarly contribution to understanding how the book became so available to the general public. Nicolai was very instrumental in becoming the source in Europe to find and distribute literature. In a sense, this is a history of the book and how it came to be after Gutenberg. This is an interesting and easy to read book which also gives insight into the history in Europe both culturally and socially during the Enlightenment. I found it contained information I had never been introduced to before. It is definitely worth your time if you are interested in that period of time in our history.