The Printed Reader explores the transformative power of reading in the eighteenth century, and how this was expressed in the fascination with Don Quixote and in

Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 to celebrate five eventful centuries of the printed word, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a

A sideways look at books that sheds light on the activities of authors, printers, and readers during the English Renaissance

In a recent sale catalog, one bookseller apologized for the condition of a sixteenth-century volume as "rather soiled by use." When the book was displayed the n

The editors illustrate how book history studies have evolved into a broad approach which incorporates social and cultural considerations governing the productio