Figures
4.1 Share of Polish sheets in the overall production in Königsberg (by printer; 1544–1575) 50
6.1 John Minsheu’s second prospectus, [1625], folio 1, recto. STC 17945.2 copy 1 (flat). Reproduced by courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library 93
6.2 John Minsheu’s first prospectus, 1611, folio 1, recto. The John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford. Shelf mark: J.Pros 1-300 PO1 95
6.3 John Minsheu’s list, between 1616–1621, state 9, verso, with the names of Pigeon and Besse, members of the Grocers’ Company. British Library shelf mark: 505.kk.10 97
6.4 John Fell’s MS. prospectus of 1671, folio 2, verso. All Souls MS.239, fol. 641 110
7.1 USTC, Vitae patrum, ‘Total Edition per Decade’ (1400–1500) 131
7.2 AGAPE, Vitae sanctorum patrum, ‘Authors by Editions’ (1450–1500) 132
7.3 AGAPE, Vitae sanctorum patrum, ‘Printer/Publisher, first 40 results by editions’ (1450–1500) 132
7.4 AGAPE, Vitae sanctorum patrum, ‘Languages by editions’ (1450–1500) 133
7.5 AGAPE, Vitae sanctorum patrum, ‘Maps’ (1450–1500) 133
7.6 Hieronymus Stridonensis, et al., Vitae sanctorum patrum (Paris: Jean Du Pré, 1486), Bibliothèque nationale de France, RES-H-254, sig. aa6v 148
7.7 Hieronymus Stridonensis, et al., Vitae sanctorum patrum (Lyon: Nicolaus Philippi and Jean Du Pré, 15 Jan. 1486/1487), Bibliothèque nationale de France, RES-H-366, sig. X6v 148
7.8 Miroir salutaire. La Danse macabre (Paris: Guy Marchant, 1486), Bibliothèque nationale de France, RES-YE-189, sig. a2r 149
12.1 A printed insurance form from 1679. MPM Arch. 1142 270
12.2 Printed forms from the Spanish Consulate in Amsterdam, 1678–1679. MPM Arch. 1142 270
12.3 Debits and credits of Andreas Frisius, recorded by Balthasar III Moretus on 8 September 1671. MPM Arch. 337, f. 10 272
12.4 Entry from MPM Arch. 319 Grootboek overige klanten 1656–1671, f. 163, detailing the imprisonment of Jean Emmanuel Huegla 274
13.1 Menasseh ben Israel, engraving by Salom Italia, Amsterdam, 1642. Collection Ets Haim—Livraria Montezinos, Amsterdam 286
13.2 Joseph Delmedigo, Sefer Elim, printed by Menasseh ben Israel, Amsterdam, 1629. Collection Ets Haim—Livraria Montezinos, Amsterdam 289
13.3 Biblia Hebraica accuratissima, printed by Joseph Athias, Amsterdam 1666–1667. Collection Ets Haim—Livraria Montezinos, Amsterdam 294
13.4 Titlepage of Nevi’im Rishonim (Former Prophets), Biblia acccuratissima where Joseph Athias calls himself Joseph, son of the holy [martyr] Abraham Athias, Amsterdam, 1666–1667. Collection Ets Haim—Livraria Montezinos, Amsterdam 295
15.1 The output of the Baldwin, Janeway and Taylor trade publishing businesses measured in terms of imprints each year, 1680–1700 343
15.2 The number of works published by Baldwin, Janeway and Taylor’s trade publishing businesses in terms of imprints each year, 1680–1682 344
15.3 Breakdown by genre of the works published by Baldwin, Janeway and Taylor publishing businesses, 1680–1682 345
15.4 The number of works published by Baldwin, Janeway and Taylor’s trade publishing businesses in terms of imprints each year, 1683–1687 346
15.5 Breakdown by genre of the works published by Baldwin, Janeway and Taylor publishing businesses, 1683–1687 347
15.6 The number of works published by Baldwin, Janeway and Taylor’s trade publishing businesses in terms of imprints each year, 1688–1689 349
15.7 Breakdown by genre of the works published by Baldwin, Janeway and Taylor publishing businesses, 1688–1689 350
15.8 The number of works published by Baldwin, Janeway and Taylor’s trade publishing businesses in terms of imprints each year, 1690–1700 351
15.9 Breakdown by genre of the works published by Baldwin, Janeway and Taylor publishing businesses, 1690–1700 352
19.1 First pages of Johann Christoph Gottsched’s Kern der deutschen Sprachkunst. From left to right: Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1754, Wien: Schulz, 1762, Wien: Trattner 1764 419
20.1 A graph showing the number of titles published by John Danter 454
20.2 A table showing the occurrence of damaged type in texts 455
20.3.1 Fair Em, A2r Terrors, F3v 457
20.3.2 Fair Em, A2v Terrors, C3r 457
20.3.3 Fair Em, A4v Terrors, G3r 457
20.4 A graph showing the number of texts John Danter published alongside the number of pages he printed from 1593 to 1599 460
20.5 Image 1 ‘Cardinal Owl B’, Thomas Adams, A divine herball together with a forrest of thornes in five sermons, (London: Printed by George Purslowe, for John Budge, 1616), Sig. F1r. Image 2 ‘Cardinal Owl C’, Thomas Adams, A divine herball together with a forrest of thornes in five sermons, (London: Printed by George Purslowe, for John Budge, 1616), Sig. A2r 463
21.1 Paul’s Cross Churchyard (in 1600) showing stationer shops and Arthur Johnson’s associated establishments: the Brazen Serpent, the Fleur-de-lis and Crown, and the White Horse 471
21.2 Arthur Johnson’s books (wholesale and retail) by USTC subject classification 478
21.3 Arthur Johnson’s yearly output (wholesale and retail) by USTC subject classification 479
21.4 Arthur Johnson’s yearly output (wholesale and retail) by first editions and second-plus editions 481
21.5 Published books registered and not registered to Arthur Johnson by year 485
21.6 Page length of Arthur Johnson’s books (registered and not registered) by year 485
21.7 Sheet length of Arthur Johnson’s books (registered and not registered) by year 486
21.8 A letter from Robert Herrick to his uncle Sir William Herrick, requesting the remuneration of Arthur Johnson; Ref. DG9/2428 494
21.9 Paul’s Churchyard (A) and surrounding areas north, such as Aldersgate (G), Barbican (F), Ivy Lane (west of C) Red Cross Street (I), St Mary, Aldermanbury (not shown, between Addle Street and Love Lane), and St Nicholas Shambles (C) 499
22.1 South View of Temple Church and Shops, 1800 (MT/19/ILL/F/F11/12) 514
22.2 The hand-written corrections in Meighen, Bedell and Collins’s catalogue, as bound in Cabala, mysteries of state (London, [1653]) ESTC R13349, USTC 3066777 518
22.3 One of the books bought by Middle Temple from Charlotte Grafton (bound with The laws of the province of South-Carolina): Acts passed by the General Assembly of South-Carolina (Charlestown, 1737). ESTC W30996 523
22.4 Bill paid to Anne Shuckburgh for James Burrow’s A series of the decisions of the Court of King’s Bench upon settlement-cases (London, 1768). ESTC T96778 524
22.5 Map showing businesses in the Temple Area before the 1679 fire 529
22.6 Map showing businesses in the Temple Area after the 1679 fire 529
23.1 Number of books and newspapers printed in provincial England by year, 1695–1750 547
23.2 Increase in newspaper printers by year, 1701–1750 557
Tables
2.1 Documented output of three principal categories of print published in Sweden, Finland and Swedish Estonia and Latvia before 1701 17
4.1 Editions by format and responsible publisher (1544–1574) 66
16.1 Breakdown of publications between 1789 and 1794 for Patrick Byrne and James Moore 365
20.1 A table showing the number of texts in which each case of type was used per year 456
21.1 Stab-stitching numbers for individual Pavier-Jaggard Quartos 508
22.1 Women involved in or linked to the stationers’ trade 536
23.1 Dates of first newspaper and book publications in newspaper towns, 1701–1750 550
23.2 Estimated number of printers operating outside of newspaper printing towns, 1701–1750 552
23.3 Provincial newspaper with separate publishers, 1701–1750 554
23.4 Percentage of regional printers engaged in newspaper printing or publishing during their careers 555
23.5 Failure rates of provincial newspapers, 1701–1750 559
23.6 Failure rates of provincial newspapers in towns with multiple titles, 1701–1750 560