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Texts in transit : manuscript to proof and print in the fifteenth century / by Lotte Hellinga.

Author/creator Hellinga, Lotte
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Descriptionxiv, 452 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 38. The handpress world ; volume 29
Contents Press and text in the first decades of printing -- The text in the printing house : printer's copy -- List of printer's copy used in the fifteenth century -- Proofreading and printing in Mainz in 1459 -- Augustinus, De civitate Dei, printed at Subiaco in 1467 -- Poggio's Facetiae in print -- Poggio Bracciolini's Historia fiorentina in manuscript and print -- The first book printed in Oxford -- Two editors, three printers : M.T. Cicero, Orationes printed in Venice, 1471-1480 -- From Poggio to Caxton : early translations of some of Poggio's Latin Facetiae -- The travels of Marco Polo and Gheraert Leeu -- The history of Jason : from manuscripts for the Burgundian court to printed books for readers in the towns of Holland -- Nicholas Love's mirror in print -- Wynkyn de Worde and The book of St Albans -- William Caxton and the Malory manuscript.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014020022
ISBN9789004277168 (hardback : alk. paper)

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