English Books and Readers 1475 to 1557

Being a Study in the History of the Book Trade from Caxton to the Incorporation of the Stationers' Company

H. S. Bennett (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

351 Seiten

1969 | 2nd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-07609-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.2.1969
• Verlagsort: Cambridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 146 x 222 mm
• Gewicht: 595 g
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-521-07609-9 / 0521076099
• ISBN-13: 978-0-521-07609-8 / 9780521076098
• Zustand: Neuware