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9780521379885

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521379885

  • ISBN10:

    0521379881

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1991-11-01
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This classic work, first published in 1952, 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.

Table of Contents

Prologue
Caxton and his literary heritage
Literacy
The regulation of the book trade
Patronage
The demand for books
The variety of books
Translations and translators
The printers
The printing of the book
Bibliography
General index
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