A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 1, Printing and the Book Trade in Cambridge, 1534-1698

This is the first volume in a new three-volume history of the University Press. From the origins of the Press through to the end of the seventeenth century, this volume explores the University's attitude to its Printers, the books printed, and the circumstances in which they worked. It deals not only with University printers and their work but also with the seventeenth-century book trade as a whole; in Cambridge, London, continental Europe and North America.David McKitterick is the author of 'A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 1, Printing and the Book Trade in Cambridge, 1534-1698', published 1992 under ISBN 9780521308014 and ISBN 0521308011.