The Author's Hand and the Printer's Mind: Transformations of the Written Word in Early Modern Europe

by Roger Chartier

Book Overview

In Early Modern Europe the first readers of a book were not thosewho bought it. They were the scribes who copied the author'sor translator's manuscript, the censors who licensed it, thepublisher who decided to put this title in his catalogue, the copyeditor who prepared the text for the press, divided it and addedpunctuation, the typesetters who composed the pages of the book, and the proof reader who corrected them. The author's handcannot be separated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745656013
• ISBN13: 9780745656014
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"