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Patents, pictures and patronage : John Day and the Tudor book trade /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Evenden, Elizabeth
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2008]
Series:St. Andrews studies in Reformation history.
Subjects:
Day, John, > 1522-1584.
Printers > Great Britain > Biography.
Printing > England > History > 16th century.
Book industries and trade > England > History > 16th century.
Protestant literature > Publishing > England > History > 16th century.
Reformation > England.
Table of Contents:
  • John Day's early activities in the book trade
  • The reign of Mary Tudor
  • 1558-1563 : the return to Protestant printing
  • 1563-1568 : innovation and reputation
  • Day's technical achievements : improvements in book illustration
  • 1569-1576 : premier printer to the Protestant regime
  • 1576-1584 : the final years
  • Day's achievements and legacy.