Scholarship, Commerce, Religion: The Learned Book in the Age of Confessions, 1560-1630

by Ian Maclean

A decade ago in the Times Literary Supplement, Roderick Conway Morris claimed that "almost everything that was going to happen in book publishing--from pocket books, instant books and pirated books, to the concept of author's copyright, company mergers, and remainders--occurred during the early days of printing." Ian Maclean's colorful survey of the flourishing learned book trade of the late Renaissance brings this assertion to life.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674062086
• ISBN13: 9780674062085
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"