The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Vol. 3
Subtitle: 1400-1557
Contributors: Lotte Hellinga (Editor); J. B. Trapp (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 28, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 832
ISBN-13: 9780521573467
Subjects: Antiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter; Literary studies: general; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; History; History Of Books And Printing; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Reference; England; Bibliographies & Indexes; Books & Reading; Publishing; Books--Great Britain--History; Reference / Bibliographies & Indexes; Books; Europe - Great Britain - General; Great Britain
First sentence: Much close attention is given elsewhere in this volume to the details and the specific circumstances of the commissioning of books, both manuscript and printed, to how they were acquired and collected into libraries by individuals and institutions, and to their use, potential and actual.