English books & readers 1475 to 1557 : being a study in the history of the book trade from Caxton to the incorporation of the Stationers' Company
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English books & readers 1475 to 1557 : being a study in the history of the book trade from Caxton to the incorporation of the Stationers' Company
University Press, 1969
2nd ed
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English books and readers 1475 to 1557
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Note
First ed. 1952
Appendices (p. 239-319):--I. Handlist of publications by Wynkyn de Worde, 1492-1535.--II. Trial list of translations into English printed between 1475-1560
Bibliography: p. 320-322
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: hard ISBN 9780521076098
Description
In this classic first volume of English Books and Readers, first published in 1952, H. S. Bennett covers in detail the history of books from Caxton down to the incorporation of the Stationers' Company, discussing the evidence for public literacy, the regulation of the book trade, the demand for books, the authors, translators, and printers of early books, and their methods. It is a history of society at the opening of the Art of Printing, without which civilization as we know it could hardly have taken shape at all - a chapter in the human story, unique in its significance and remarkably obscure before this book was first published.
Table of Contents
- Prologue
- 1. Caxton and his literary heritage
- 2. Literacy
- 3. The regulation of the book trade
- 4. Patronage
- 5. The demand for books
- 6. The variety of books
- 7. Translations and translators
- 8. The printers
- 9. The printing of the book
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Bibliography
- General index
- Index of passages.
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780521379885
Description
In this classic first volume of English Books and Readers, first published in 1952, H. S. Bennett covers in detail the history of books from Caxton down to the incorporation of the Stationers' Company, discussing the evidence for public literacy, the regulation of the book trade, the demand for books, the authors, translators, and printers of early books, and their methods. It is a history of society at the opening of the Art of Printing, without which civilization as we know it could hardly have taken shape at all - a chapter in the human story, unique in its significance and remarkably obscure before this book was first published.
Table of Contents
- Prologue
- 1. Caxton and his literary heritage
- 2. Literacy
- 3. The regulation of the book trade
- 4. Patronage
- 5. The demand for books
- 6. The variety of books
- 7. Translations and translators
- 8. The printers
- 9. The printing of the book
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Bibliography
- General index
- Index of passages.
- Volume
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: case ISBN 9780521379915
Description
This classic work, first published in 1952, covers in detail the history of books from Caxton to the eve of the Civil War, discussing the evidence for public literacy, the regulation of the book trade, the demand for books, the authors, translators and printers of early books, and their methods. It is a history of society at the opening of the Art of Printing, without which civilisation as we know it could hardly have taken shape at all - a chapter in the human story, unique in its significance and remarkably obscure before this book was first published. The author gives an account of the total output of books and pamphlets over the period, irrespective of their qualities as literature.
Table of Contents
- Volume I: Prologue
- 1. Caxton and his literary heritage
- 2. Literacy
- 3. The regulation of the book trade
- 4. Patronage
- 5. The demand for books
- 6. The variety of books
- 7. Translations and translators
- 8. The printers
- 9. The printing of the book
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Bibliography
- General index
- Index of passages. Volume II: Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The inception of a book
- 2. patronage
- 3. The regulation of the book trade
- 4. Translations and translators
- 5. The variety of books
- 6. Printers and booksellers
- Bibliography
- Index. Volume III: Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The inception of a book
- 2. Patronage
- 3. The regulation of the book trade
- 4. Piracy
- 5. Translation and translators
- 6. Literacy
- 7. The variety of books
- 8. Printers, booksellers and readers
- Select bibliography
- Index.
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