The Oxford Handbook of the History of the Book in Early Modern England

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The Oxford Handbook of the History of the Book in Early Modern England is written by Adam Smyth and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0198846231 (ISBN 10) and 9780198846239 (ISBN 13).

"How were books in early modern England made, circulated, sold, stored, read, marked, altered, preserved, and destroyed? The Oxford Handbook to the History of the Book in Early Modern England provides a stimulating account of the very newest work in the field, and an exploration of how new thinking might develop. Written by scholars working at the cutting-edge of the subject, from the UK and North America, the volume combines lucidity, scholarly expertise, intellectual precision, and an imaginative structure that will enable contributors to show why the history of the book matters. This volume analyses in a lively manner the nature and role of the book in early modern England, and also considers critically how we can talk about the history of book"--