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A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts
Contributor(s): Bland, Mark (Author)
ISBN: 1118492153     ISBN-13: 9781118492154
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $41.75  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2013
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Books & Reading
- Literary Criticism | Reference
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 010.42
LCCN: 2014498726
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 248 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:
A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts provides an introduction to the language and concepts employed in bibliographical studies and textual scholarship as they pertain to early modern manuscripts and printed texts
  • Winner, Honourable Mention for Literature, Language and Linguistics, American Publishers Prose Awards, 2010
  • Based almost exclusively on new primary research
  • Explains the complex process of viewing documents as artefacts, showing readers how to describe documents properly and how to read their physical properties
  • Demonstrates how to use the information gleaned as a tool for studying the transmission of literary documents
  • Makes clear why such matters are important and the purposes to which such information is put
  • Features illustrations that are carefully chosen for their unfamiliarity in order to keep the discussion fresh