Series |
Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 38. The handpress world ; volume 29
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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 note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2014020022 |
ISBN | 9789004277168 (hardback : alk. paper) |