Mark Bland. A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts. Chichester, U.K.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. x, 236p. ISBN 9781405124126. $104.95
Abstract
A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts is a thin volume. Given the cost of the book, I expected a massive volume, rich with full-color illustrations. When the book arrived in my mailbox, I was surprised to discover, after a cursory glance, that not only was it brief in length but that the few illustrations present were black and white. However, upon further review, I realized that its length is easily compensated for by the density and quality of content found within it.
Within his first paragraph, Bland states that this book was written to complement Gaskell’s A New . . .
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