TY - BOOK ID - 78449459 TI - Lost books and printing in London, 1557-1640 : an analysis of the Stationers' Company register PY - 2018 SN - 9004349200 9789004349209 9789004349193 9004349197 PB - Leiden Brill DB - UniCat KW - Printing KW - Lost books KW - Books KW - History KW - E-books KW - Book history KW - guilds KW - book history KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - anno 1600-1699 KW - England KW - Stationers' Company (London, England) KW - Companie of Stationers (London, England) KW - Company of Stationers (London, England) KW - Company of Stationers of London KW - London. KW - Societie of Stationers (London, England) KW - Worshipful Company of Stationers (London, England) KW - Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (London, England) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78449459 AB - Lost Books and Printing in London, 1557-1640 is the first attempt to analyse systematically the entries relating to lost books in the Stationers’ Company Register. Books played a fundamental role in early modern society and are key sources for our comprehension of the political, religious, economic and cultural aspects of the age. Over time, the loss of these books has presented a significant barrier to our understanding of the past. The monopoly of the Stationers’ Company centralised book production in England to London with printing jobs carried out by members documented in a Register. Using modern digital approaches to bibliography, Alexandra Hill uses the Register to reclaim knowledge of the English book trade and print culture that would otherwise be lost. ER -