num_pages: 4368
description: Unlike printing abroad which was subject to the dictates of papal authority, in England printers were influenced more in their choice of works by the patronage of the literate and wealthy nobility. This collection gives a detailed picture of the lives and working practices of early British printers. It includes the rare and essential Dibdin edition of Ames's Typographical Antiquities , as well as Annals of Scottish Printing .
language: English
title: British Printers Pre-1600
titlecomplete: British Printers Pre-1600
publisher: Thoemmes Continuum