{"product_id":"a-guide-to-early-printed-books-and-manuscripts-paperback","title":"A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Bland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWinner, Honourable Mention for Literature, Language and Linguistics, American Publishers Prose Awards, 2010\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBased almost exclusively on new primary research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains the complex process of viewing documents as artefacts, showing readers how to describe documents properly and how to read their physical properties\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how to use the information gleaned as a tool for studying the transmission of literary documents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes clear why such matters are important and the purposes to which such information is put\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures illustrations that are carefully chosen for their unfamiliarity in order to keep the discussion fresh\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts\u003c\/i\u003e provides a concise introduction to the language and concepts employed in bibliographical studies and textual scholarship as they pertain to early modern manuscripts and printed texts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing 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 \u003ci\u003eGuide\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn invaluable resource illuminating the complex relationship between the material processes and the meanings of the written and printed word, \u003ci\u003eA Guide to\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEarly Printed Books and Manuscripts\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in book history and textual scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Bland\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Creative Writing at De Montfort University, UK. He has published extensively on early printed books and manuscripts, paper, censorship, stemmatics, and editorial practice, as well as on Ben Jonson and his contemporaries. He is the editor of the forthcoming Oxford edition of The Poems of Ben Jonson\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703822414131,"sku":"9781118492154","price":70.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/lA9AD3eYfv9781118492154.webp?v=1763341031","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-guide-to-early-printed-books-and-manuscripts-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}