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Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of London and Westminster in the Fifteenth Century
E. Gordon Duff
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Paperback. Duff's 1899 Sandars Lectures discuss the workings of the book trade in London during the fifteenth century. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 220.
Edward Gordon Duff (1863–1924) was a bibliographer and librarian with a particular interest in early printed books. He was librarian of the John Rylands Library, Manchester, from 1893 to 1900, and Sandars Reader in Bibliography at Cambridge in 1899, 1904 and 1911. Alongside research and writing he also did freelance cataloguing. Duff's work set new standards of accuracy in bibliography, which he considered a science. This study of the early London book trade contains the text of Duff's 1899 Sandars Lectures. William Caxton began printing in England in 1476 at Westminster, but most printers and booksellers working in England at ... Read more
Edward Gordon Duff (1863–1924) was a bibliographer and librarian with a particular interest in early printed books. He was librarian of the John Rylands Library, Manchester, from 1893 to 1900, and Sandars Reader in Bibliography at Cambridge in 1899, 1904 and 1911. Alongside research and writing he also did freelance cataloguing. Duff's work set new standards of accuracy in bibliography, which he considered a science. This study of the early London book trade contains the text of Duff's 1899 Sandars Lectures. William Caxton began printing in England in 1476 at Westminster, but most printers and booksellers working in England at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108026758
SKU
V9781108026758
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