{"product_id":"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-paperback-9780521379885","title":"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 (Paperback) 9780521379885","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEnglish Books and Readers 1475 to 1557\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeing a Study in the History of the Book Trade from Caxton to the Incorporation of the Stationers' Company\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA history of books from Caxton to the incorporation of the Stationers' Company.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eH. S. Bennett (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521379885, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 8 February 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview 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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e 1. Caxton and his literary heritage\u003cbr\u003e 2. Literacy\u003cbr\u003e 3. The regulation of the book trade\u003cbr\u003e 4. Patronage\u003cbr\u003e 5. The demand for books\u003cbr\u003e 6. The variety of books\u003cbr\u003e 7. Translations and translators\u003cbr\u003e 8. The printers\u003cbr\u003e 9. The printing of the book\u003cbr\u003e Appendix I\u003cbr\u003e Appendix II\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e General index\u003cbr\u003e Index of passages.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Printing, packaging \u0026amp; reprographic industry [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Printing, packaging \u0026amp; reprographic industry\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Printing,%20packaging%20\u0026amp;%20reprographic%20industry%20%5BKNTR%5D%22\"\u003eKNTR\u003c\/a\u003e], Industry \u0026amp; industrial studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Industry \u0026amp; industrial studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Industry%20\u0026amp;%20industrial%20studies%20%5BKN%5D%22\"\u003eKN\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46297217401112,"sku":"9780521379885","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/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-paperback-9780521379885","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}