T. Lipscombe, THE FIRST SCIENCE BEST-SELLER - WHAT A 13TH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT CAN TEACH SCIENCE PUBLISHERS TODAY, Journal of scholarly publishing, 29(3), 1998, pp. 167-173
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15
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Information Science & Library Science","Art & Humanities General
De Sphaera by John of Sacrobosco was used as a textbook in astronomy i
n Europe for 400 years. The development of the book and its subsequent
sale show remarkable parallels with developments in textbook publishi
ng today. Even when the book was losing its momentum, a 'new edition'
with an introduction by Philip Melanchthon gave the volume new life.