Cover Illustration: Detail from Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg, 1493). © Chetham’s Library, Manchester.
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Names: Oates, Rosamund, editor. | Purdy, Jessica G., editor.
Title: Communities of print : books and their readers in early modern Europe / edited by Rosamund Oates, Jessica G. Purdy.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 99 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021035401 (print) | LCCN 2021035402 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004448919 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004470439 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Book industries and trade—Europe—History—16th century. | Book industries and trade—Europe—History—17th century. | Book industries and trade—Europe—History—18th century. | Books and reading—Social aspects—Europe—History. | Community life—Europe—History. | LCGFT: Essays.
Classification: LCC Z291.3 .C66 2022 (print) | LCC Z291.3 (ebook) | DDC 381/.450020940903—dc23
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