A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 1, Printing and the Book Trade in Cambridge, 1534-1698 [Hardcover]

David McKitterick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 28, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0521308011 | ISBN-13: 978-0521308014

This is the first volume in a new three-volume history of the University Press, which will eventually bring the story as far as modern times: the next volume (on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) is in preparation. The history is not only about University printers and their work--especially scholarly, schoolbook, Bible, prayer book and almanac publishing (the University Printers were England's largest suppliers of almanacs in the late seventeenth century)--but also about the rest of the seventeenth century book trade in Cambridge, London, continental Europe and North America.

Editorial Reviews

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"...McKitterick's treatment is learned, lively, and authoritative."

"McKitterick's tale is a rich and fascinating one, but it will take a particular and patient historical appetite to move comfortably through this feast of materials about the Tudor/Stewart book trade....He is fascinating on the commercial detail of publishing and the need for constant adaption to changing circumstances and markets. The central chapters on privileges and licensing, authors and printers, and the physical necessities of paper, type, and personnel constitute in themselves a major contribution to the relatively new genre of 'book history.' The volume is meticulously edited and produced...." David H. Stam, Albion

"McKitterick's work is an extraordinarily rich and involving book which cuts across all sorts of historiographical categories. His sources range from university archives to auction catalogues, from literary criticism to economic history. He provides a model of institutional history as part of the wider history of culture and its production." Anita Guerrini, The Public Historian

"...likely to provide the definitive history of the press for generations to come....a major reference source, and also a starting point for all future studies of Cambridge printing." David Stoker, Publishing Research Quarterly

Book Description

This is the first volume in a new three-volume history of the University Press. From the origins of the Press through to the end of the seventeenth century, this volume explores the University's attitude to its Printers, the books printed, and the circumstances in which they worked. It deals not only with University printers and their work but also with the seventeenth-century book trade as a whole; in Cambridge, London, continental Europe and North America.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 524 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (September 28, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521308011
• ISBN-13: 978-0521308014
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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