The Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535

by Edward Gordon Duff

Book Overview

Originally published in 1906, and based on The Sandars Lectures from 1899 and 1904, this volume provides a historical study of the publishing industry in London. The first section of the book, derived from the 1899 Lectures, covers the period from 1476, when Caxton set up his printing press at Westminster, to around 1500, when a series of essential changes took place in the English book-trade. The second section, derived from the 1904 lectures, covers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521188326
• ISBN13: 9780521188326
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"