The Evolution of Editorial Style in Early Modern England (New Directions in Book History)

This book provides a historical study on the evolution of editorial style and its progress towards standardisation through an examination of early modern English style guides. The text considers the variety of ways authors, editors and printers directly implemented or uniquely interpreted and adapted the guidelines of these style guides as part of their inherently human editorial practice. Offering a critical mapping of early modern style guides, Jocelyn Hargrave explores when and how style guides originated, how they contributed to the evolution of editorial practice and how they impacted the overall publishing of content. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Jocelyn Hargrave)....Pages 1-18 The Beginnings of Editorial Style in Seventeenth-Century England: Joseph Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises (Jocelyn Hargrave)....Pages 19-53 The Architectural Principles of Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises: Documenting the Early Modern Living Page (Jocelyn Hargrave)....Pages 55-82 The Pinnacle of Editorial Style in Eighteenth-Century England: John Smith’s The Printer’s Grammar (Jocelyn Hargrave)....Pages 83-122 Eighteenth-Century Editorial Style at Work: The Editing of The Elements of Euclid by Isaac Barrow and Robert Simson (Jocelyn Hargrave)....Pages 123-151 The First Appropriation of Editorial Style: Philip Luckombe’s A Concise History of the Origin and Progress of Printing (Jocelyn Hargrave)....Pages 153-183 Nineteenth-Century Modernising Inheritance of Editorial Style: Caleb Stower’s The Printer’s Grammar (Jocelyn Hargrave)....Pages 185-212 Nineteenth-Century Editorial Style at Work: Thomas Dunham Whitaker’s Piers Plowman (Jocelyn Hargrave)....Pages 213-235 Authorial Editorial Practice at Work: Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Poems (Ashley MS 408) (Jocelyn Hargrave)....Pages 237-256 Conclusion (Jocelyn Hargrave)....Pages 257-263 Back Matter ....Pages 265-280