International standard book number
9781107698758
Title
The Cambridge history of the book in Britain. Volume III, 1400-1557 / edited by Lotte Hellinga and J.B. Trapp.
Varying form of title
History of the book in Britain
Varying form of title
Book in Britain
Edition
First paperback edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Physical description
xxiv, 743 p., [32] leaves of plates : ill. (b&w) ; 23 cm.
Note
Originally published: 2009.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Introduction / L. Hellinga and J. B. Trapp -- Literacy, books and readers / J. B. Trapp -- Foreign illuminators and illuminated manuscripts / J. J. G. Alexander -- Printing / L. Hellinga -- Bookbinding, 1400–1557 / M. M. Foot -- The rise of London's book trade / C. Paul Christianson -- The customs rolls as documents for the printed-book trade in England / Paul Needham -- The book trade under Edward VI and Mary I / John N. King -- Importation of printed books / Margaret Lane Ford -- Private ownership of printed books / Margaret Lane Ford -- Monastic libraries, 1400–1557 / David N. Bell -- The royal collections to 1461 / Jenny Stratford -- The Royal Library from Edward IV to Henry VII / Janet Backhouse -- The Royal Library under Henry VIII / James P. Carley -- The humanist book / J. B. Trapp -- University libraries and booksellers / Elisabeth Leedham-Green
-- Text-books in the universities / Kristian Jensen -- Text-books: a case study: logic / E. J. Ashworth -- The canon law / R. H. Helmholz -- The civil law / A. Wijffels -- The books of the common law / J. H. Baker -- Medicine and science / Peter M. Jones -- Schools and schoolbooks / Nicholas Orme -- Practical books for the gentleman / George R. Keiser -- Devotional literature / Mary C. Erler -- Gentlewomen's reading / Carol M. Meale and Julia Boffey -- Music / John Milsom -- Literary texts / Julia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards -- Press, politics and religion / Pamela Neville-Sington -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Indexes.
Subject
Books Great Britain History.
Subject
Book industries and trade Great Britain History.
Added entry--name
Hellinga, Lotte editor.
Added entry--name
Trapp, J. B. (Joseph Burney) editor.
Added entry--place
England Cambridge.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51746