New science out of old books

by A. I. Doyle

This international collection of original studies of late-medieval English manuscripts and early-modern printed books celebrates the life-long work of A. I. Doyle, formerly keeper of Rare Books at Durham University Library and Emeritus Reader in Bibliography. The broad character of Doyle's research interests is reflected in the wide range of areas covered by these essays, from late-medieval book production, textual transmission and reception, to the part books played in the lives of English people from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. New Science out of Old Books brings together...

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