Description
Book SynopsisThis collection profiles understudied figures in the book and print trades of the seventeenth century. With an equal balance between women and men, it intervenes in the history of the trades, emphasising the broad range of material, cultural, and ideological work these people undertook.
Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction by Rachel Stenner and Kaley Kramer; 2. John Spilman: Paper-Making as Literary Print History by Georgina E. M. Wilson; 3. Richard Adams and his Network of Credit by Joe Saunders; 4. Michael Sparke and Dissent in the English Book Trade, c.1586–1653 by William Clayton; 5. Neighbourhood Networks: Mapping Thomas Cotes' London by Jennifer Young; 6. Anne Griffin: Printer and Publisher at Eliot's Court Press by Alan B. Farmer; 7. Ruth Raworth: Constructing Milton and Moseley by Benjamin Woodring; 8. York's First Female Printer: Alice Broad, 1661–1680 by Kaley Kramer; 9. John Harris: From Stage Business to Page Business by Michael Durrant; 10. Widow Dover or Mrs Darby, one of 'ye craftyest & most obstinate of yetrade' by Verônica Calsoni Lima; 11. Elinor James and Print Petitioning, c.1645–1719 by Rosalind Johnson; List of Abbreviations.
