{"product_id":"the-texts-of-king-lear-and-their-origins-volume-1-nicholas-okes-and-the-first-quarto-paperback-9780521044318","title":"The Texts of King Lear and their Origins: Volume 1, Nicholas Okes and the First Quarto (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521044318","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Texts of King Lear and their Origins: Volume 1, Nicholas Okes and the First Quarto\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a study of a seventeenth-century printer and one of the books that he printed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter W. M. Blayney (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521044318, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 October 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e764 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.3 x 17 x 3.8 cm, 1.207 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a study of a seventeenth-century printer and one of the books that he printed. It is an attempt to solve the problem of the relationship between the Quarto and Folio texts of King Lear, and its main purpose is to establish the bibliographical facts which are essential to a proper investigation of the 1608 Quarto text. In order to provide a context in which to assess the significance of the printing process, Peter Blayney has had to study the first two years of Okes's career in some detail. He has also paid attention to the way in which Okes's work differed from that of his predecessors in the same printing house, while investigation of proof-sheets and printers' copy has led him to examine a number of Okes's later books. Although it is primarily concerned with the printing of a single book, the present volume can therefore claim independant status as a large-scale study of a Jacobean printing house.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of tables and diagrams\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Conventions and abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Errata\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The printing house and its owners\u003cbr\u003e 2. Printing-house methods\u003cbr\u003e 3. Okes at work 1607–8\u003cbr\u003e 4. The printing of King Lear\u003cbr\u003e 5. The compositors\u003cbr\u003e 6. Proof-reading, revising and press-correcting\u003cbr\u003e 7. Proofsheets and miscorrections\u003cbr\u003e 8. Printers' copy\u003cbr\u003e 9. Epilogue: Okes's later career\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes\u003cbr\u003e Addenda\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index of STC numbers\u003cbr\u003e General index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Shakespeare%20studies%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDSGS%5D%22\"\u003eDSGS\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":46005560115480,"sku":"9780521044318","price":42.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521044318i_eac79138-36a4-4064-8057-e098da818eff.jpg?v=1694968619","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-texts-of-king-lear-and-their-origins-volume-1-nicholas-okes-and-the-first-quarto-paperback-9780521044318","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}