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9780712304382

Five Hundred Years of Printing

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  • ISBN13:

    9780712304382

  • ISBN10:

    071230438X

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-06-01
  • Publisher: British Library Board

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Author Biography

S. H. Steinberg (1899-1979) studied history, literature and the history of art, and became a Reader at Leipzig University before moving to Britain. He edited The Statesman's Yearbook for many years, and among his other books is Historical Tables, which has remained in print for half a century John Trevitt is a book designer and editor, formerly Art and Design Director and a commissioning editor at Cambridge University Press

Table of Contents

Reviser's preface vii
Introduction 1(2)
I THE FIRST CENTURY OF PRINTING, 1450--1550
The incunabula period
3(1)
Gutenberg
4(5)
Type design
9(8)
Roman type
11(5)
Gothic type
16(1)
The spread of printing
17(37)
Germany
20(10)
Italy
30(7)
France
37(7)
Spain and Portugal
44(2)
England
46(6)
Greek and Hebrew printing
52(2)
Printing in the vernacular
54(5)
Printer and publisher
59(3)
Early bestsellers
62(3)
The title-page
65(5)
Book illustration
70(4)
II THE ERA OF CONSOLIDATION 1550--1800
Type design
74(10)
Roman type
74(8)
Gothic type
82(2)
Irish and Anglo-Saxon types
84(1)
Book production
84(22)
The Netherlands
84(5)
France
89(4)
Germany
93(3)
The English-speaking countries
96(10)
Publishers and patrons
106(8)
Official and private presses
114(5)
The reading public
119(2)
The periodical press
121(5)
Libraries
126(4)
Censorship
130(7)
III THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, 1800--1900
Technical progress
137(9)
The trade
146(6)
Official and private presses
152(8)
The reading public
160(6)
Popular series
166(4)
IV 1900--1955
Linotype and Monotype
170(2)
The Latin alphabet in script and print
172(3)
The private presses
175(13)
Book printing before the Second World War
188(4)
Censorship and other difficulties in the trade
192(8)
Bestsellers and steady sellers
200(12)
Popular series
212(6)
V THE POSTWAR WORLD
Composition and typesetting
218(12)
Printing
230(5)
Paper
235(1)
Binding
236(3)
Design
239(2)
Printers and publishers
241(7)
Modern fine printing
248(1)
CD-ROM and the Internet
249(1)
Conclusion 250(1)
Select bibliography 251(4)
Index 255

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