Books and society in history : papers of the Association of College and Research Libraries rare books and manuscripts preconference, 24-28 June, 1980, Boston, Massachusetts / edited by Kenneth E. Carpenter.

Title & Author:

Publication:

New York : R.R. Bowker, 1983.

Description:

xxiii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is the history of books? / Robert Darnton -- From scriptoria to printing shops: evolution and revolution in the fifteenth-century book trade / Elizabeth L. Eisenstein -- Publishing conditions and strategies in ancient regime France / Henri-Jean Martin -- Printing the English statutes, 1484-1640: some historical implications / Katharine F. Pantzer -- The beginnings of English-language publishing in Germany in the eighteenth century / Bernhard Fabian -- Book production and censorship in France, 1700-1715 / Raymond Birn -- From censorship to copyright: aspects of the government's role in the English book rated, 1695-1775 / John P. Feather -- The publishing industry and printed output in nineteenth-century France / Frederic Barbier -- Depression and innovation in the British and American book trade, 1819-1939 / James J. Barnes -- Library history and the history of books: two fields of research for librarians / Paul Raabe.
Also issued online.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0835216756
9780835216753

Subject:

Book industries and trade History Congresses.
Publishers and publishing History Congresses.
Books History Congresses.
Book Industry history
Publishing history
Books history
Livres Industrie et commerce Histoire Congrès.
Édition Histoire Congrès.
Livres Histoire Congrès.
Livres Industrie Histoire Congrès.
Book industries and trade
Books
Publishers and publishing
Boekwezen.
Geschichte

Form/genre:

Congress
Conference proceedings.
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Annotations.
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Carpenter, Kenneth E., 1936-
Association of College and Research Libraries.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 79912
Call No.: PO4197 Z280.B66; ID:85-B10277
Status: Available

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