BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES, Vol. I
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BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
The First Printer-Publishers of France.—The Later Estiennes and Casaubon.—Caxton and the Introduction of Printing into England.—The Kobergers of Nuremberg.—Froben of Basel.—Erasmus and his Books.—Luther as an Author.—Plantin of Antwerp.—The Elzevirs of Leyden and Amsterdam.—Italy: Privileges and Censorship.—Germany: Privileges, and Book-Trade Regulations.—France: Privileges, Censorship, and Legislation.—England: Privileges, Monopolies, Censorship, and Legislation.—Conclusion. The Development of the Conception of Literary Property.—Index to the Work.
BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES
A STUDY OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE FROM THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
BY Geo. Haven Putnam, A.M. AUTHOR OF “AUTHORS AND THEIR PUBLIC IN ANCIENT TIMES” “THE QUESTION OF COPYRIGHT,” ETC.
VOLUME I. 476-1600
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Copyright, 1896 BY G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London
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to The Memory of My Wife who served me for years both as eyesight and as writing-arm and by whose hand the following pages were in large part transcribed this work is dedicated
