Printing Anglo-saxon from Parker to Hickes and Wanley: With a Catalogue of Early Printed Books Containing Anglo-saxon 1566–1705 (Library of the ... the Written Word - the Handpress World, 105)

This book offers something new, a full-length study of printing Anglo-Saxon (Old English) from 1566 to 1705, combining analysis of content and form of production. It starts from the end-product and addresses the practical issues of providing for printing Anglo-Saxon authentically, and why this was done. The book tells a story that is largely Cambridge-orientated until Oxford made an impact, largely thanks to Franciscus Junius from Leiden. There is a catalogue of all books containing Anglo-Saxon, with full details of their use of manuscript or printed sources. This information allows us to see how knowledge of Anglo-Saxon grew and developed. Preface and Acknowledgements Contents 8 Preface and Acknowledgements 10 Tables and Figures 17 Abbreviations 22 Tables 1 and 2: Anglo-Saxon Type-Designs 23 Part 1 Printing Anglo-Saxon with Special Sorts from 1566 to 1705 26 Chapter 1 Anglo-Saxon and Its Uses 28 Chapter 2 The Parkerian Great Primer Anglo-Saxon Type-Design 54 Chapter 3 The Parkerian and Lambardian Pica Anglo-Saxon Type-Designs 85 Chapter 4 Anglo-Saxon Type-Designs in the Seventeenth Century to 1705 108 Chapter 5 Continental Anglo-Saxon Type-Designs 168 Chapter 6 The Use of Sources, Scholarship and the Social Intellectual Network 201 Part 2 Catalogue of Early Printed Books Containing Anglo-Saxon to 1705 210 Glossary of Printing, Book-Description and Type-Description Terms 212 List of Type Designs 215 Abbreviations 239 Library Abbreviations 244 Catalogue of Early Printed Books Containing Anglo-Saxon to 1705 261 Part 3 List of Punchcutters and Printers, Bibliography (Medieval MSS, Post-Medieval MSS, Printed Books) 624 List of Punchcutters 626 List of Printers and Booksellers also Draughtsmen/Engravers 630 Bibliography 656 General Index 720