Books and their makers during the Middle Ages, Vol. II by Geo. Haven Putnam

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Author

Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930

Title

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, Vol. II

Original Publication

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

Z: Bibliography, Library science

Subject

Freedom of the press -- History -- To 1500

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72282

Release Date

December 2, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber’s note — BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES, Vol. II
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.CHAPTER IV. — The Estiennes.
7. 7.CHAPTER V. — Isaac Casaubon.
8. 8.CHAPTER VI. — Wynken de Worde. — Printing in Oxford. — Later English Presses.
9. 9.CHAPTER VII.
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII.
11. 11.CHAPTER IX.
12. 12.CHAPTER X.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI.
14. 14.CHAPTER XII.
15. 15.CHAPTER I. — Censorship. — The Earliest Legislation in Venice. — The Guild of Printers and Booksellers, 1549-1595. — Copyrights in Venice, 1500-1600. — The Inquisition. — The Index and the Book-Trade. — The Interdict and Fra Paolo Sarpi. — The Printers’ Guild and Press Legislation. — The Last Contest with Rome.
16. 16.CHAPTER II.
17. 17.CHAPTER III. — Parliament, the University, and the Book-Trade. — The Beginning of Legislation for the Encouragement of Literature. — The Relations of the Crown to Literary Production and the Attempt of the Church to Secure a Portion of the Control.
18. 18.CHAPTER IV.
19. 19.CHAPTER V.
20. 20.INDEX — FOOTNOTES: — Corrections — Erratum

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