The Image in Print : Book Illustration in Late Medieval England and Its Sources.

Driver, Martha

ISBN 10: 0712348336 / ISBN 13: 9780712348331

Published by British Library, London, 2004,, 2004

About this Item

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, xii,302pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper, ISBN: 0712348336.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Image in Print : Book Illustration in Late Medieval England and Its Sources.
• Publisher: British Library, London, 2004,
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712348336
• ISBN 13: 9780712348331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Synopsis

Woodcuts are a unique resource in the study of late medieval and early modern books: they have much to tell us about how books were produced and for what purposes, about reading habits and developments in literacy, and about the part that books played in social, political, and religious change. The central focus of this volume is on the physical evidence - pictures and texts - provided by books produced during the pre- and early Reformation periods, ranging from the products of the earliest English printers such as William Caxton, Richard Pynson, and Wynkyn de Words, through woodcut images of holy women and black people, to books that were censored, defaced, and glossed by Protestant reformers.

About the Author

Martha W. Driver is a co-founder of the Early Book Society for the study of Manuscripts and Printing History as well as Distinguished Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies at Pace University in New York.