Author: Cambridge University LibraryPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Early English Printed Books
Author: Cambridge University LibraryPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
John Gower in Manuscripts and Early Printed Books
Author: Martha W. DriverPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843845539
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Essays considering the relationship between Gower's texts and the physical ways in which they were first manifested.
Early English Printed Books in the University Library, Cambridge
Author: C. E. SaylePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108007805
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Indexes by author, printer, engraver and place for Sayle's catalogue (1900-1907) of early printed books.
Studying Early Printed Books, 1450-1800
Author: Sarah WernerPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119049962
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
A comprehensive resource to understanding the hand-press printing of early books Studying Early Printed Books, 1450 - 1800 offers a guide to the fascinating process of how books were printed in the first centuries of the press and shows how the mechanics of making books shapes how we read and understand them. The author offers an insightful overview of how books were made in the hand-press period and then includes an in-depth review of the specific aspects of the printing process. She addresses questions such as: How was paper made? What were different book formats? How did the press work? In addition, the text is filled with illustrative examples that demonstrate how understanding the early processes can be helpful to today’s researchers. Studying Early Printed Books shows the connections between the material form of a book (what it looks like and how it was made), how a book conveys its meaning and how it is used by readers. The author helps readers navigate books by explaining how to tell which parts of a book are the result of early printing practices and which are a result of later changes. The text also offers guidance on: how to approach a book; how to read a catalog record; the difference between using digital facsimiles and books in-hand. This important guide: Reveals how books were made with the advent of the printing press and how they are understood today Offers information on how to use digital reproductions of early printed books as well as how to work in a rare books library Contains a useful glossary and a detailed list of recommended readings Includes a companion website for further research Written for students of book history, materiality of text and history of information, Studying Early Printed Books explores the many aspects of the early printing process of books and explains how their form is understood today.
Early English Printed Books in the University Library Cambridge (1475 to 1640)
Author: Charles Edward SaylePublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature
Author: George WatsonPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
Book Description
The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 1, 600-1660
Author: George WatsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521200042
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
Book Description
More than fifty specialists have contributed to this new edition of volume 1 of The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. The design of the original work has established itself so firmly as a workable solution to the immense problems of analysis, articulation and coordination that it has been retained in all its essentials for the new edition. The task of the new contributors has been to revise and integrate the lists of 1940 and 1957, to add materials of the following decade, to correct and refine the bibliographical details already available, and to re-shape the whole according to a new series of conventions devised to give greater clarity and consistency to the entries.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
Middle English Texts in Transition
Author: Simon HorobinPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1903153530
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Chaucer, Gower and Langland -- Lyrics and romances -- Devotional writings -- Owners and users of medieval books -- A tribute to Professor Takamiya