Cambridge University Press 1584–1984

by Michael Black , Foreword by Gordon Johnson

• ISBN13: 9780521664974
• ISBN10: 0521664977
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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 new foreword by Gordon Johnson which comments on the continuing achievement of the Press today. 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 of today. 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

List of illustration	vii
Preface (1984)	ix
Acknowledgements	xiii
Foreword (1999)	xv
Gordon Johnson
Introduction	1	(5)
Precursors: The Stationers and Siberch	6	(16)
The Letters Patent of 1534: The Stationers' Company	22	(13)
The Foundation of the Press: Thomas Thomas	35	(15)
Early Printers: John Legate, Cantrell Legge, Buck and Daniel	50	(18)
The Commonwealth and Restoration	68	(19)
Bentley's `Public Press'	87	(17)
The Eighteenth Century	104	(20)
The Nineteenth Century - I	124	(27)
The Nineteenth Century - II: Charles John Clay and the Partnership	151	(21)
R.T. Wright and the Secretaryship	172	(22)
Waller and Roberts as Secretaries: Lewis as Printer	194	(30)
From 1945 to 1972	224	(22)
Recovery: 1972-4	246	(19)
Charitable Status Recognised	265	(19)
From 1974 to 1984	284	(22)
Conclusion	306	(10)
Appendix I The Letters Patent of 1534	316	(2)
Appendix II Statute J of the University: The University Press	318	(2)
Appendix III University Printers 1583-1984	320	(1)
Index	321