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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: 001 - Hardcover
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.
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Review of the hardback: 'He has brought a clear head and an infinite capacity for taking pains to the sifting and orderly presentation of his evidence, which he has distilled into 238 closely reasoned pages ... It will be a standard reference-book; a lucidly arranged collection of passages illustrating literacy, the regulation of the book trade, and the aims and methods of authors, translators and printers.' The Times Literary Supplement
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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.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1969
- ISBN 10 0521076099
- ISBN 13 9780521076098
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number2
- Number of pages351
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd, Reprint. A very good copy of the first reprint of the 2nd edition of this academic title. This book covers in detail the topics of Bennett's Sandars Lectures for 1951. He writes 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. - a chapter in the human story, unique in its significance and hitherto remarkably obscure." Contents include: I Caxton and his literary heritage; II Literacy; III The regulation of the book trade; IV Patronage; V The demand for books; VI The variety of books; VII Translations and translators; VIII The printers; IX The printing of the book; Appendix I Handlist of publications by Wynkyn de Worde, 1492-1535; Appendix II Trial list of translations into English printed between 1475-1560; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Passages. No printed Dust Jacket but glassine wrapper may have been with it since new, in very good condition. Cover: red/brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in excellent condition, little or no sign of shelf wear, probably protected from new. Internally: Very clean and tightly bound, no inscriptions, possibly slightest of darkening to page edges. xiv, 340 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 002074
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