CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
Steps towards the Invention,[1]
CHAPTER II
The Invention of Printing,[21]
CHAPTER III
Spread of Printing in Germany,[39]
CHAPTER IV
Italy,[59]
CHAPTER V
France,[78]
CHAPTER VI
The Low Countries,[95]
CHAPTER VII
Spain and Portugal—Denmark and Sweden,[113]
CHAPTER VIII
Westminster: Caxton—Wynkyn de Worde—Julian Notary,[125]
CHAPTER IX
Oxford and St. Alban’s,[147]
CHAPTER X
London: John Lettou—William de Machlinia—Richard Pynson,[160]
CHAPTER XI
The Spread of the Art in Great Britain,[174]
CHAPTER XII
The Study of Bookbinding,[185]
CHAPTER XIII
The Collecting and Describing of Early Printed Books,[201]
Index of Printers and Places,[213]