The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Volume 4: 1557-1695

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The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Volume 4: 1557-1695......Page 2
Introduction......Page 30
1 Religious publishing in England 1557–1640......Page 56
2 Religious publishing in England 1640–1695......Page 96
3 Oral and scribal texts in early modern England......Page 124
4 John Donne and the circulation of manuscripts......Page 151
5 Music books......Page 156
6 The Latin trade......Page 168
7 Patronage and the printing of learned works for the author......Page 203
8 University printing at Oxford and Cambridge......Page 218
9 Editing the past classical and historical scholarship......Page 235
10 Maps and Atlases......Page 257
11 The literature of travel......Page 275
12 Science and the book......Page 303
13 Samuel Hartlib and the commonwealth of learning......Page 333
14 Ownership private and public libraries......Page 352
15 Monastic collections and their dispersal......Page 368
16 Literature, the playhouse and the public......Page 378
17 Milton......Page 405
18 The Restoration poetic and dramatic canon......Page 417
19 Non-conformist voices and books......Page 439
20 Women writing and women written......Page 460
21 The Bible trade......Page 482
22 English law books and legal publishing......Page 503
23 ABCs, almanacs, ballads, chapbooks, popular piety and textbooks......Page 533
24 Books for daily life household, husbandry, behaviour......Page 543
25 The creation of the periodical press 1620–1695......Page 562
Beyond London: Production, Distribution, Reception......Page 580
27 The economic context......Page 597
28 French paper in English books......Page 612
29 The old English letter foundries......Page 631
30 Bookbinding......Page 649
31 Mise-en-page, illustration, expressive form......Page 661
Disruption and Restructuring: the Late Seventeenth-Century Book Trade......Page 692
33 Scotland......Page 716
34 The book in Ireland from the Tudor re-conquest to the battle of the Boyne......Page 730
35 Wales......Page 748
36 British books abroad the Continent......Page 764
37 British books abroad the American colonies......Page 773
38 The stationers and the printing acts at the end of the seventeenth century......Page 782
Appendix 1 Statistical tables......Page 806
Appendix 2 Survey of printing presses 1668......Page 823
Appendix 3 Apprentices bound in the Stationers' Company and what became of them 1557–1700......Page 826
Abbreviations......Page 832
Bibliography......Page 836