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Author Hotchkiss, Valerie R., 1960-

Title English in print from Caxton to Shakespeare to Milton / Valerie Hotchkiss & Fred C. Robinson.

Imprint Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  686.2074 H797e 2008    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xiv, 234 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Catalog of an exhibition of materials from the collections of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the Elizabethan Club, Yale University, held at the Grolier Club, May 14-July 26, 2008.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index.
Contents English imprint : early English printing -- A world of words : English grammars and dictionaries -- For the regulating of printing -- "Done into our Englyshe tong" : the place of translation in early English printing -- From the stage to the page -- Making English books.
Summary This title explores the concept of putting the English language into print with close study of the texts, formats, audiences and functions of English books. Lavishly illustrated with images of rare books, the volume investigates a range of issues regarding the dissemination of English language and culture through printed works.
Subject Printing -- England -- History -- Exhibitions.
Early printed books -- England -- 16th century -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions.
Early printed books -- England -- 17th century -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions.
Incunabula -- England -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions.
England -- Imprints -- Exhibitions.
Early printed books. (OCoLC)fst00900645
Incunabula. (OCoLC)fst00968842
Printing. (OCoLC)fst01076612
England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
Chronological Term 1500-1699
Genre/Form Bibliographies. (OCoLC)fst01919895
Exhibition catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01424028
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Exhibition catalogs.
Bibliographies.
Added Author Robinson, Fred C.
Grolier Club.
ISBN 9780252033469 (acid-free paper)
0252033469 (acid-free paper)
9780252075537 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
0252075536 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780252091537 (epub)

 
    
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