A Brief History of Printing in England / A Short History of Printing in England from Caxton to the Present Time - Frederick W. Hamilton

UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA

1918

United Typothetae of America

Chicago, Ill.

Composition and electrotypes contributed by

J. B. Lippincott Company

Philadelphia

PREFACE

The treatment of the material used in this volume will be found somewhat different from that adopted in the two preceding. The narrower field of inquiry makes possible a closer following of the ordinary chronological method of arrangement rather than the topical method of the other volumes. An attempt is made to trace the history of printing in England through the centuries from Caxton to Morris and to include some insight into legal regulations, trade conditions, and industrial development generally. As before, it is to be remembered that this is a primer, a book of introductions. No attempt, therefore, is made to go far into details or to discuss disputed points or to include any considerable amount of technical detail. It is hoped that the reader will get a comprehensive view of the subject, will feel its human interest, and will catch some glimpse of its larger relation to the general history of the time.