English Books and Readers 1603-1640: Being a Study in the History of the Book Trade in the Reigns of James I and Charles ICambridge University Press, 1989 - 268 sayfa This third volume of English Books and Readers, first published in 1970, carries the story of the English book trade down to the eve of the Civil War. The author gives an account of the total output of books and pamphlets in the period, irrespective of their qualities as literature. |
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The inception of a book | 1 |
Patronage | 23 |
The regulation of the book trade | 40 |
Piracy | 59 |
Translation and translators | 67 |
Literacy | 78 |
The variety of books | 87 |
2 Law | 118 |
5 Information | 149 |
6 Arithmetic astronomy and popular science | 159 |
7 Geography travel and adventure | 167 |
8 History | 172 |
9 News | 179 |
10 Literature | 189 |
Printers booksellers and readers | 199 |
Select Bibliography | 238 |
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