Cambridge University Press, 1584-1984

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Cambridge University Press, 1584-1984

M.H. Black

Cambridge University Press, 2000

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Originally published: 1984

Includes index

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In 1984 the Press celebrated 400 years of continuous printing and publishing. This history, now published as a paperback, provides a readable introduction to that unique period, with a foreword by Gordon Johnson which comments on the continuing achievement of the Press. The story is of the development of the printing and publishing arm of the University of Cambridge, from the medieval system of resident stationers to the modern international printing and publishing house. The narrative is set within the development of the University; in the history of the book trade as a whole; and in the intellectual and political history of England.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Foreword Gordon Johnson
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Precursors: the stationers and Siberch
  • 3. The Letters Patent of 1534: the Stationers' Company
  • 4. The foundation of the Press: Thomas Thomas
  • 5. Early printers: John Legate, Cantrell Legge, Buck and Daniel
  • 6. The Commonwealth and Restoration
  • 7. Bentley's 'public Press'
  • 8. The eighteenth century
  • 9. The nineteenth century I
  • 10. The nineteenth century II
  • 11. R. T. Wright and the Secretaryship
  • 12. Waller and Roberts as Secretaries: Lewis as Printer
  • 13. From 1945 to 1972
  • 14. Recovery: 1972-4
  • 15. Charitable status recognised
  • 16. From 1974 to 1984
  • 17. Conclusion
  • Appendices.

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