Three Centuries of English Booktrade Bibliography: An Essay on the Beginnings of Booktrade Bibliography Since the Introduction of Printing and in England Since 1595 |
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Andrew Maunfell Bent's Bibliotheca Bodleian Library Bookfellers of London Books lately Printed Books Printed Books published Britain British Museum Cata Catalogue of Books century Chrift Church colophon compiler Containing the books continued Divinity Easter term edition English Bookselling English booktrade bibliography English Catalogue fairs fizes and prices Fleet Street Foreign Literature Frankfurt haue Hillary term Index Iohn issued January John Bill John Rothwell Journal June Koberger Koberger's laft Lamb's Conduit Street Lane Latin Books leaves Librorum lished lishers logue London Catalogue March 25 Marston Maunsell's Mercurius Librarius Mess Katalog Michaelmas term moft moſt names Newsagents November numbers octavo October original in possession Paternoster Row Paul's Churchyard period prefent Printed in England printers publiſhed published in London Publisher's Circular quarto reprints Sampson Low Sermon sizes Sotheby Supplement Term Catalogues trade tranflated Trinity term uſe Vernalibus Autumnalibus volume Whitaker William Bent William Jaggard
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Page 121 - The general catalogue of books printed in England since the Dreadful fire of London 1666 to the End of Trinity. Term 1680. Together with the texts of single sermons, with the authors names: playes acted at both the theaters : and an abstract of the general bills of mortality since 1660.
Page ix - Typographical Antiquities; or the history of printing in England Scotland and Ireland: containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them.
Page 54 - The cause of this is principally the Stationer driving as hard and cruel a bargain with the Printer as he can ; and the Printer, taking up any smatterer in the Tongues, to be the lease looser ; an exactness in this no wayes importing the stipulation : by which meanes errors repeate and multiply in every edition, and that most notoriously in some most necessary schole-bookes of value, which they obtrude upon the buyer unless men will be at unreasonable rates for forraine editions.
Page 154 - Bibliotheca Londinensis: a Classified Index to the Literature of Great Britain during thirty years. Arranged from and serving as a key to the London Catalogue of Books, 1814 — 46, which contains the title, size, price, and publishers
Page 115 - Romances, Poems, Playes, &c. With Hebrew, Greek and Latin Books, for Schools and Scholars. The like Work never yet performed by any.
Page 120 - A catalogue of all the books printed in England since the dreadful fire of London, in 1666. To the end of Michaelmas term, 1672.
Page 24 - New works were virtually published at fairs, and it is in this way, I think, that we can account for the publication and distribution of that mass of literature which, issued after the period comprised in these volumes, is so remarkably copious. By what means, for instance, could the exceedingly numerous works of Prynne have been distributed ? In what manner did the publisher or printer reach his customer? Advertisements were unknown, patrons and subscription lists were equally matters of the future....
Page 68 - Countreys to the Advantage both of Buyers and Sellers: It was therefore conceived (for the Encouragement of Learning) to publish the Sale of these Books this manner of way ; and it is hoped that this will not be unacceptable to Schollers, and therefore we thought it convenient to give an advertisement concerning the manner of proceeding therein.
Page 82 - ... than the profit of insertions. All men are, therefore, left to judge who is most likely to prosecute these ends effectually ; whether a person that is no bookseller, nor hath any relation to that trade, or those who have equal ends with all others of the trade, in dispersing the said papers both in city and country. All titles to be inserted in this paper are either to be left with Robert Everingham, a printer, or to be delivered to Mr. Orchard, a porter.
Page 82 - That, printed by Thomas James, is published by Mr. Vile, only for the lucre of 12d. per book. This, printed by Robert Everingham, is published by several booksellers, who do more eye the service of the trade in making all books as public as may be, than the profit of insertions.