Books and their makers during the Middle Ages : a study of the conditions of the production and distribution of literature from the fall of the Roman Empire to the close of the seventeenth century / Geo. Haven Putnam
1962, Reprint. New York : Hillary House Publishers. Very good gilt-blocked cloth copies in a near fine slipcase. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #468592
Physical description; 2 v. Notes; Originally published: New York and London : Putnam, 1896-97. Contents; v. 1. 476-1600. pt. I. Books in manuscript. -- I. The making of books in the monasteries -- II. Some libraries of the manuscript period -- III. The making of books in the early universities -- IV. The book-trade in the manuscript period -- pt. II. The earlier printed books. -- I. The renaissance as the forerunner of the printing press -- II. The invention of printing and the work of the first printers of Holland and Germany -- III. The printer-publishers of Italy, 1464-1600. -- v. 2. 1500-1709. pt. II. The earlier printed books (cont.) IV. The early printer-publishers of France, 1458-1559 -- V. The later Estiennes and Casaubon, 1537-1659 -- VI. William Caxton and the introduction of printing into England, 1412-1492 -- VII. The Kobergers of Nuremberg, 1440-1540 -- VIII. Froben of Basel, 1460-1528 -- IX. Erasmus and his books, 1467-1536 -- X. Luther as an author, 1483-1546 -- XI. The House of Plantin, 1555-1650 -- XII. The Elzevirs of Leyden and Amsterdam, 1587-1688 -- pt. III. The beginnings of property in literature. -- I. Privileges and censorship in Italy, 1498-1798 -- II. Privileges and regulations in Germany, 1450-1698 -- III. Regulations for the control of the censorship of the printing-press in France, 1500-1700 -- IV. The beginnings of literary property in England, 1474-1709 -- V. The development of the conception of literary property -- Index. Subjects; Books History 400-1450. Books History 1450-1600. Books History 17th century. Manuscripts, Medieval. Printing History. Book industries and trade History. Copyright History. Freedom of the press. George Haven Putnam 1844-1930.
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