Download or read book Books and Their Readers in Eighteenth-century England written by Isabel Rivers and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 2001 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of eight new essays investigates ways in which significant kinds of 18th-century writings were designed and received by different audiences. Rivers explores the answers to certain crucial questions about the contemporary use of books. This new edition contains the results of important new research by well known specialists in the field of book and publishing history over the last two decades.