Early Modern Manuscript and Printed Book Studies
Subtitle: A Guide to Concepts and Descriptive Terms
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Professional
Published: August 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781405124126
Subjects: Antiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter; Literary History And Criticism; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Books & Reading; General; MANUSCRIPTS; Reference / General
Description: "Focusing on documents from the late sixteenth and early mid-seventeenth century, the author explains the complex process of viewing documents as artefacts, showing readers how to describe documents properly and how to read their physical properties. This helpful guide demonstrates how we are to use this information, together with an understanding of the processes of production and modification, as a tool for studying the transmission of literary documents." --Book Jacket.