| Description |
xvi, 378 p. |
| Series |
Library of the written word. The handpress world, 1874-4834 ; v. 15 |
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Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 15.
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| Note |
Papers based on the contributions given to two conferences held at the University of St. Andrews in September 2008 and September 2009. These conferences, entitled 'The Book in Transition: The Printed Book in the Post-Incunabula Age, 1500-1540' and 'The Book Triumphant: The book in the second-century of print, 1540-1640', were organised by the Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) project group"--Pref. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Printing in the Low Countries in the early sixteenth century / Andrew Pettegree -- The Italian Renaissance book : catalogues, censuses, and survival / Neil Harris -- How complete are the German national bibliographies for the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (VD16 and VD17)? / Jurgen Beyer -- The printed book on the Iberian peninsula, 1500-1540 / Alexander Wilkinson -- The vanishing press : printing in provincial France in the early sixteenth century / Malcolm Walsby -- Turning Luther's weapons against him : the birth of Catholic propaganda in Saxony in the 1520s / Christoph Volkmar -- Preaching and printing in Germany on the eve of the Thirty Years' War / Amy Nelson Burnett -- Pamphlets in the theological debates of the later sixteenth century : the Mainz editorial project 'Controversia et Confessio' / Johannes Hund and Henning P. Jurgens -- Devices of Protestant printers in sixteenth century Krakow / Justyna Kilianczyk-Zieba -- History in transition : Enguerrand de Monstrelet's Chronique in manuscript and print (c. 1450-c. 1600) / Hanno Wijsman -- The 'Renaissance cultural crossroads' catalogue : a witness to the importance of translation in early modern Britain / Brenda M. Hosington -- Between Basel and Zurich : humanist rivalries and the works of Sebastian Munster / Matthew McLean -- The book and reading culture in Basel and Zurich during the sixteenth century / Urs B. Leu -- Augsburg's position in the system of the German book trade in the first half of the sixteenth century / Hans-Jorg Kunast -- Book trade practices in early sixteenth-century Paris : Pierre Vidoue (1516-1543) / David J. Shaw -- The coexistence of manuscript and print : handwritten newsletters in the second century of print, 1540-1640 / Zsuzsa Barbarics-Hermanik. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Books -- Europe -- History -- 1450-1600.
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Books -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
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Printing -- Europe -- History -- 16th century.
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Printing -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
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Book industries and trade -- Europe -- History -- 16th century.
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Book industries and trade -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Walsby, Malcolm.
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Kemp, Graeme.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9789004207233 (alk. paper) |
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9789004221604 (electronic bk.) |
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