| Description |
ix, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Material texts |
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Material texts.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. trout and the milk : an ethnobibliographical essay -- 2. "Gods altar needs not our pollishings" : revisiting the Bay Psalm book -- 3. "A Bible and other books" : enumerating the copies in seventeenth-century Essex County -- 4. Under the exchange : the unprofitable business of Michael Perry, a seventeenth-century Boston bookseller -- 5. Printing and bookselling in New England, 1638-1713 -- 6. Boston society library : the Old South Church and Thomas Prince -- 7. note on statistics, or, what do our imprint bibliographies mean by "book"? |
| Summary |
"Hugh Amory writes broadly about the social and economic history of printing, bookselling, and book ownership. At the heart of his work is a determination to connect the materialities of printed books with the workings of the book trades and, in turn, with how printed books were put to use. This is a collection of great methodological importance for anyone working in literature and history who wants to make those same connections."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Book industries and trade -- New England -- History -- 17th century.
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Book industries and trade -- New England -- History -- 18th century.
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Printing industry -- New England -- History -- 17th century.
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Printing industry -- New England -- History -- 18th century.
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Book industries and trade. (OCoLC)fst00836171
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Printing industry. (OCoLC)fst01076685
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New England. (OCoLC)fst01241913
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Buchhandel.
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Neuengland.
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Boekhandel.
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Drukkunst.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1600-1700
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1600-1799
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Hall, David D.
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| ISBN |
0812238370 (acid-free paper) |
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9780812238372 (acid-free paper) |
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