The Cambridge history of the book in Britain. Volume 5, 1695-1830 [electronic resource] edited by Mi...
The Cambridge history of the book in Britain. Volume 5, 1695-1830 [electronic resource] edited by Mi...
The Cambridge history of the book in Britain. Volume 5, 1695-1830 [electronic resource] edited by Michael F. Suarez and Michael L. Turner.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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English
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1 online resource (xxvi, 1020 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Introduction / Michael F. Suarez S.J. -- The quantity and nature of printed matter -- Towards a bibliometric analysis of the surviving record, 1701-1800 / Printed ephemera / Michael Twyman -- Economic, legal and cultural contexts -- -- The book as a commodity / James Raven -- Copyright, authors and...
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
This volume covers the history of printing and publishing from the lapse of government licensing of printed works in 1695 to the development of publishing as a specialist commercial undertaking and the industrialization of book production around 1830. During this period, literacy rose and the world of print became an integral part of everyday life,...
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The Cambridge history of the book in Britain. Volume 5, 1695-1830 [electronic resource] edited by Michael F. Suarez and Michael L. Turner.
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BOOK
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English
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74VKVwNJ88dg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVwNJ88dg
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9781139056069 (electronic book)
1-139-05606-9
DDC
002.0941
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991023965621102626
