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A guide to early printed books and manuscripts / Mark Bland.

By: Bland, MarkMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010Description: 1 online resource (x, 236 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444317862; 1444317865; 9781444317855; 1444317857Subject(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 | REFERENCE | Bibliography, Critical | Codicology | Early printed books -- Bibliography -- Methodology | Manuscripts, European | Transmission of texts | Europe | Handschriftenkunde | Frühdruck | Tidigt tryckta böcker -- 1500-talet -- 1600-talet | Handskrifter -- historia -- Europa -- 1500-talet -- 1600-talet | Bokhistoria | Boktryckerihistoria | 1500-1699Genre/Form: Electronic books. | History.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Guide to early printed books and manuscripts.DDC classification: 010/.42 LOC classification: Z1001 | .B64 2010ebOnline resources: Wiley Online Library

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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: 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 : 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 purpo.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index.

A guide for the perplexed -- Paper and related materials -- The structure of documents -- Producing texts -- Analysis and evidence -- Making variants -- Setting conditions -- Last words.

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 : 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 purpo.

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