Title What is a book? : the study of early printed books / Joseph A. Dane

Published Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2012]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 276 pages) : illustrations (some color) Contents Elements of Material Books. Terminology ; The matter of size ; Materials: ink, paper ; Mechanics of the press: variation ; Page format and layout ; Typography ; Illustrations: techniques and applications History of Books and Histories of Book-Copies. Bindings ; Marks in books: provenance ; Books in books and books from books ; Ideal copy and the goals of enumerative and descriptive bibliography ; The Ersatz Book I : facsimiles and forgeries ; The Ersatz Book II : electronic books and databases Summary This work is an introduction to the study of books produced during the period of the hand press, dating from around 1450 through 1800. Using his own bibliographic interests as a guide, the author selects illustrative examples primarily from fifteenth-century books, books of particular interest to students of English literature, and books central to the development of Anglo-American bibliography. It covers the basic procedures of printing and the parts of the physical book, size, paper, type, illustration; as well as the history of book-copies from cataloging conventions and provenance to electronic media and their implications for the study of books. The author begins with the central distinction between a "book-copy", the particular, individual, physical book, and a "book", the abstract category that organizes these copies into editions, whereby each copy is interchangeable with any other. Among other issues, he addresses such basic questions as: How do students, bibliographers, and collectors discuss these things? And when is it legitimate to generalize on the basis of particular examples? He considers each issue in terms of a practical example or question a reader might confront: How do you identify books on the basis of typography? What is the status of paper evidence? How are the various elements on the page defined? What are the implications of the images available in an online database? And, significantly, how does a scholar's personal experience with books challenge or conform to the standard language of book history and bibliography? Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Bibliography -- Methodology. Incunabula -- Bibliography -- Methodology Early printed books -- Bibliography -- Methodology English literature -- Bibliography -- Methodology. Bibliography, Critical. Editions. Books -- History -- 1450-1600. Books -- History -- 17th century. Books -- History -- 18th century. Printing -- History. editions. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General. HISTORY -- General. REFERENCE -- General. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General Bibliography, Critical Bibliography -- Methodology Books Early printed books -- Bibliography -- Methodology Editions English literature -- Bibliography -- Methodology Incunabula -- Bibliography -- Methodology Printing Inkunabel Buch Buchwissenschaft Inkunabel Bibliografie Methodologie Frühdruck Buch Bibliografisk metod. Inkunabler. Tidigt tryckta böcker. Engelsk litteratur. Bokhistoria. Boktryckerihistoria. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780268201432 0268201439

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