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Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Vol. 2 (The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain) (Volume 2) - Hardcover
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This is the first history of the book in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the early fifteenth century. The twenty-six expert contributors to this volume discuss the manuscript book from a variety of angles: as physical object (manufacture, format, writing and decoration); its purpose and readership (books for monasteries, for the Church's liturgy, for elementary and advanced instruction, for courtly entertainment); and as the vehicle for particular types of text (history, sermons, medical treatises, law and administration, music). In all of this, the broader, changing social and cultural context is kept in mind, and so are the various connections with continental Europe. The volume includes a full bibliography and 80 black and white plates. 
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Nigel J. Morgan is Honorary Professor of the History of Art at the University of Cambridge and Emeritus Professor at the University of Oslo.
Rodney M. Thomson is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Tasmania.
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THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE BOOK IN BRITAIN: VOLUME II 1100-1400.
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008
ISBN 10: 052178218X
ISBN 13: 9780521782180
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8vo. Pp: xxiv, 615, [80]. First edition. Volume 2. Illustrated blue unclipped dust jacket lettered white and black. Publisher's original blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. 80 black and white facsimile plates at the rear. This is the first history of the book in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the early fifteenth century.ISBN: 9780521782180 Slight wear to edges of boards and spine, some light marks to top edge, else clean. Dust jacket is slightly worn and creased at edges. Very good in very good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # C69465
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