Books and their makers during the middle ages
Subtitle: a study of the conditions of the production and distribution of literature from the fall of the Roman empire to the close of the seventeenth century
By: by Geo. Haven Putnam.
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's sons
Published: 1896
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 538
Subjects: Books -- History -- Antiquity and middle ages.; Printers.; Manuscripts.; Freedom of the press -- History -- To 1500.; Copyright.
Description: A study of the conditions of the production and distribution of literature from the fall of the Roman Empire to the close of the seventeenth century.
Notes: Bibliography: v. 1, p. xvii-xxvii.
Table of contents: title: v. 1 476-1600: pt. I. Books in manuscript. pt. II. The earlier printed books.; title: v. 2. 1500-1709 pt. II (continued) pt. III. The beginnings of property in literature.