English Books and Readers 1475 to 1557
Subtitle: Being a Study in the History of the Book Trade from Caxton to the Incorporation of the Stationers' Company
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 1, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780521379885
Subjects: Industry & Industrial Studies; c 1500 to c 1600; Publishing; Language Arts & Disciplines; Reference; Language; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Bibliographies & Indexes; Language Arts & Disciplines / Publishing
First sentence: The profession of letters has always been a precarious one, and before the advent of printing the lot of the writer was even more unenviable than it was to become in subsequent centuries.