The profession of letters has always been a precarious one, and before the advent of printing the lot of the writer was even more unenviable than it was to become in subsequent centuries.
An edition of English books & readers, 1475 to 1557
(1952)
English Books and Readers 1475 to 1557
Being a Study in the History of the Book Trade from Caxton to the Incorporation of the Stationers' Company
2 edition
by Henry Stanley Bennett
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History, Bibliography, Printing, Book industries and trade, Translations from foreign literature, Intellectual life, English literature, Books and reading, Incunabula, Early printed books, Origin and antecedents, ImprintsPeople
Wynkyn de Worde (d. 1534?)Places
England, Great Britain, London (England)Times
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English Books and Readers 1475 to 1557: Being a Study in the History of the Book Trade from Caxton to the Incorporation of the Stationers' Company
November 1, 1991, Cambridge University Press
Paperback
in English
- 2 edition
0521379881 9780521379885
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English books & readers, 1475 to 1557: being a study in the history of the book trade from Caxton to the incorporation of the Stationers' Company
1969, Cambridge U.P.
in English
- 2nd ed.
0521076099 9780521076098
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