In praise of scribes
Subtitle: manuscripts and their makers in seventeenth-century England
By: Peter Beal.
Series: The Lyell lectures, Oxford ;; 1995-1996; Lyell lectures ;; 1995-1996.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Criticism, Textual.; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Manuscripts.; Transmission of texts -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Literature publishing -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Authors and readers -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Manuscripts, English -- History -- 17th century.; Scriptoria -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Manuscripts, English -- Editing.; Scribes -- England.; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-305) and indexes.