The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
Volume 3. 1400–1557
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- Lotte Hellinga
- J. B. Trapp
- Date Published: May 2014
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107698758
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This volume presents a collection of essays with an overview of the century-and-a-half between the death of Chaucer in 1400 and the incorporation of the Stationers' Company in 1557. In this time of change the manuscript culture of Chaucer's day was replaced by an ambience in which printed books would become the norm. This volume traces the transition and discerns patterns of where, why and how books were written, printed, bound, acquired, read and passed from hand to hand with particular emphasis on imports and links with the Continent.
Read more- Authoritative overview of the history of the book through 150 years of great change including the invention of the printing press
- Shows where, why and how books were written, printed, bound, read and passed from hand to hand
- Of interest to scholars of history, printing, publishing, literature, religion, music, art
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"The essays are truly ground-breaking.... All serious libraries will buy it; all students in the field will consult it regularly. Hellinga and Trapp and their collaborators have produced a volume which gets the Cambridge History off to a very fine start and certainly whets the appetite for more.... On the basis of this volume we can look forward to a national history which will fulfill its mandate well and complement both the existing and forthcoming accounts of the book elsewhere in Europe and in the English-speaking world." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
See more reviews"The first to appear of a projected seven-volume Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, VolumeIII firmliy grounds the entire project in the pivotal age of transition from the manuscript to the printed book, and in doing so provides its own milestone in the relatively recent but now thriving historical subdiscipline of book history." Albion
"a landmark contribution to our understanding of late-medieval and early-modern British cultural, intellectual, and social history. It is a tremendous achievement and is highly recommended." Speculum
"The individual essays are admirable in their ability to cover their subjects in general and to demonstrate and elaborate in specific examples...The introduction to this volume is also well worth reading and re-reading. It is a masterful account of what the editors describe as 'continuity in change' and is a survey against which all the other essays in the volume are meant to be, and should be, read." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
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- Date Published: May 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107698758
- length: 830 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 43 mm
- weight: 1.18kg
- contains: 71 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction L. Hellinga and J. B. Trapp
1. Literacy, books and readers J. B. Trapp
2. Foreign illuminators and illuminated manuscripts J. J. G. Alexander
3. Printing L. Hellinga
4. Bookbinding, 1400–1557 M. M. Foot
5. The rise of London's book trade C. Paul Christianson
6. The customs rolls as documents for the printed-book trade in England Paul Needham
7. The book trade under Edward VI and Mary I John N. King
8. Importation of printed books Margaret Lane Ford
9. Private ownership of printed books Margaret Lane Ford
10. Monastic libraries, 1400–1557 David N. Bell
11. The royal collections to 1461 Jenny Stratford
12. The Royal Library from Edward IV to Henry VII Janet Backhouse
13. The Royal Library under Henry VIII James P. Carley
14. The humanist book J. B. Trapp
15. University libraries and booksellers Elisabeth Leedham-Green
16. Text-books in the universities Kristian Jensen
17. Text-books: a case study: logic E. J. Ashworth
18. The canon law R. H. Helmholz
19. The civil law A. Wijffels
20. The books of the common law J. H. Baker
21. Medicine and science Peter M. Jones
22. Schools and schoolbooks Nicholas Orme
23. Practical books for the gentleman George R. Keiser
24. Devotional literature Mary C. Erler
25. Gentlewomen's reading Carol M. Meale and Julia Boffey
26. Music John Milsom
27. Literary texts Julia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards
28. Press, politics and religion Pamela Neville-Sington
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