The First Cambridge Press in its European Setting

Goldschmidt, E. P.

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1955

About this Item

4to (26 cm), X, 100 pp, 2 plates. Publisher's combined black and blue cloth, gilt front cover and gilt-lettered spine (paper slightly toned, bookplate). Ernst Philip Goldschmidt (1887-1954 ) was an Austrian-British antiquarian bookseller, scholar, and bibliophile widely regarded as one of the most learned figures in the rare book trade in the first half of the 20th century. The book includes Goldschmidt's 1953 Sandars Lectures focused on the history of the first printing press in Cambridge and how it fit into the broader context of European printing history, examining the foundation, development, and significance of that press within the early modern book trade and intellectual networks. He placed Cambridge's early printing activity in relation to other European centres of printing and showed how it contributed to the intellectual life of England and the Continent.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Cambridge Press in its European Setting
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1955
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
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