Printing and Misprinting: A Companion to Mistakes and In-House Corrections in Renaissance Europe (1450-1650)

'To err is human'. As a material and mechanical process, early printing made no exception to this general rule. Against the conventional wisdom of a technological triumph spreading freedom and knowledge, the history of the book is largely a story of errors and adjustments. Various mistakes normally crept in while texts were transferred from manuscript to printing formes and different emendation strategies were adopted when errors were spotted. In...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198863047
• ISBN13: 9780198863045
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 7.1" x 9.5"