Stationers' Company and the Printers of London, Vol 1, 1501-1546; Vol 2, 1547-1557
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- Author(s) Blayney, Peter W M
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2013
- Pages 2 vols; 1238pp
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly and revisionist history of the London book trade from the origins of printing in the City of London to the incorporation of the Stationers' Company [est 1403] by royal charter in 1557. Covers printing, publishing, distribution, with reference to very many individual businesses / business people. Chapters include: '1357-1500 - historical and lexical introduction'; '1501-1509 - In the beginning ...'; '1510-1520 - royal privilege and clerical scrutiny'; '1521-1528 - the Church clamps down'; '1529-1534' - the old order changeth'; '1535-1541 - a septennium of bibles'; '1535-1541 - the Company grows'; '1542-1546 - the end of Henry's reign'; '1547-1553 - the reign of Edward VI'; '1553-1557 - from catastrophe to charter'; '1554-1557 - the road to incorporation'. Extensive appendices [pp936-1071] including importation statistics, maps, Stationers' Hall, 1557 charter, schedules re books presented [pp1027-71]