A guide to early printed books and manuscripts [electronic resource] / Mark Bland
- Author:
- Bland, Mark
- Published:
- Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA, USA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 236 pages) : illustrations
- Additional Creators:
- Ebooks Corporation
- Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Contents:
- A guide for the perplexed -- Paper and related materials -- The structure of documents -- Producing texts -- Analysis and evidence -- Making variants -- Setting conditions -- Last words.
- Summary:
- "Focusing on documents from the late sixteenth and early mid-seventeenth century, the author explains the complex process of viewing documents as artefacts, showing readers how to describe documents properly and how to read their physical properties. This helpful guide demonstrates how we are to use this information, together with an understanding of the processes of production and modification, as a tool for studying the transmission of literary documents." --Book Jacket.
- Subject(s):
- Bibliography, Critical
- Early printed books—16th century—Bibliography—Methodology
- Early printed books—17th century—Bibliography—Methodology
- Manuscripts, European—History—16th century
- Manuscripts, European—History—17th century
- Codicology
- Transmission of texts—Europe—History—16th century
- Transmission of texts—Europe—History—17th century
- ISBN:
- 9781444317862 (electronic bk.) and 1444317865 (electronic bk.)
- Note:
- Description based on print version record. and AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Reproduction Note:
- Electronic reproduction. Perth, W.A. Available via World Wide Web.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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