EARLY PRINTERS AT WORK.
THE
STORY OF BOOKS
BY
GERTRUDE BURFORD RAWLINGS
Author of “The Story of the British Coinage”
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
PUBLISHERS, LONDON
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Introductory | [9] |
| II. | The Preservation of Literature | [13] |
| III. | Books and Libraries in Classical Times | [26] |
| IV. | Books in Mediæval Times | [36] |
| V. | Libraries in Mediæval Times | [56] |
| VI. | The Beginning of Printing | [70] |
| VII. | Who Invented Moveable Types? | [81] |
| VIII. | Gutenberg and the Mentz Press | [89] |
| IX. | Early Printing | [103] |
| X. | Early Printing in Italy and some other Countries | [110] |
| XI. | Early Printing in England | [118] |
| XII. | Early Printing in Scotland | [131] |
| XIII. | Early Printing in Ireland | [138] |
| XIV. | Book Bindings | [144] |
| XV. | How a Modern Book is Produced | [159] |
| Postscript | [164] | |
| Index | [166] | |