| Description |
xvii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
I. The printed book trade. From manuscript to print : continuity and change / Julia Boffey -- Printers, publishers and promoters to 1558 / Tamara Atkin and A.S.G. Edwards -- The Latin trade in England and abroad / Alan Coates -- II. The printed book as artefact. Materials : paper and type / Pamela Robinson -- Bookbinding and early printing in England / Alexandra Gillespie -- Woodcuts and decorative techniques / Martha W. Driver -- III. Patrons, purchasers and products. Merchants / Anne F. Sutton -- The laity / Mary C. Erler -- The secular clergy / Susan Powell -- The regular clergy / James G. Clark -- Universities, colleges and chantries / James Willoughby -- IV. The cultural capital of print. Humanism and printing / Daniel Wakelin -- Women translators and the early printed book / Brenda M. Hosington -- The printed book trade in response to Luther : English books printed abroad / Andrew Hope -- Thomas More, print and the idea of censorship / Thomas Betteridge -- Catholicism, the printed book and the Marian restoration / Lucy Wooding. |
| Summary |
"The history of the book is now recognised as a field of central importance for understanding the cultural changes that swept through Tudor England. This Companion aims to provide a comprehensive guide to the issues relevant to the early printed book, covering the significant cultural, social and technological developments from 1476 (the introduction of printing to England) to 1558 (the death of Mary Tudor). Divided into thematic sections (the printed book trade; the printed book as artefact; patrons, purchasers and products; and the cultural capital of print), it considers the social, historical and cultural context of the rise and development of print in the Early Modern period. Essays deal with the transmission from manuscript to print; the printers; the significant Latin trade; paper, types, bindings, and woodcuts and other decorative features; the main sponsors and consumers of the printed book: merchants, the lay clientele, secular and religious clergy, and the Universities, secular colleges and chantries; humanism; women translators; the role of censorship; the continuity of Catholic publishing. The book is furnished with a chronology and detailed indices."--Page 4 of cover. |
| Subject |
Books -- Great Britain -- History -- 1450-1600.
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Books. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1450-1600 |
| Subject |
Book industries and trade -- Great Britain -- History.
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Book industries and trade. |
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Incunabula -- Great Britain.
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Incunabula. |
| Chronological Term |
1450 - 1600 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Gillespie, Vincent, 1954- editor.
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Powell, Susan, 1948- editor, writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
1843843633 (hardbound) |
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9781843843634 (hardbound) |
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