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A companion to the early printed book in Britain, 1476-1558 / edited by Vincent Gillespie and Susan Powell.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) Z8.G72 C66 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books--Great Britain--History--1450-1600.
- Books.
- Book industries and trade--Great Britain--History.
- Book industries and trade.
- Incunabula.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Incunabula--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [England] : D.S. Brewer, 2014.
- Summary:
- "The history of the book is now recognized 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 book as artefact; patrons, purchasers and producers; and the cultural capital of print), it considers the social, historical, and cultural context of the rise of print, with the problems as well as advantages of the transmission from manuscript to print. the printers of the period; the significant Latin trade and its effect on the English market; paper, types, bindings, and woodcuts and other decorative features which create the packaged book; and the main sponsors and consumers of the printed book: merchants, the lay clientele, secular and religious clergy, and the two Universities, as well as secular colleges and chantries. Further topics addressed include humanism, women translators, and the role of censorship and the continuity of Catholic publishing from that time. The book is completed with a chronology and detailed indices." -- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- From manuscript to print : continuity and change / Julia Boffey
- Printers, publishers and promoters to 1558 / Tamara Atkin and A.S.G. Edwards
- Materials: paper and type / Pamela Robinson
- Bookbinding and early printing in England / Alexandra Gillespie
- Woodcuts and decorative techniques / Martha W. Driver
- 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
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781843843634
- 1843843633
- OCLC:
- 834420335
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