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mods: The culture and commerce of texts scribal publication in seventeenth-century England Scribal publication in seventeenth-century England Love, Harold 1937-2007 creator author. Hall, David D. writer of foreword. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. mau 1998 monographic eng print xiii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Long after the establishment of printing in England, many writers and composers still preferred to publish their work through handwritten copies. Texts so transmitted included some of the most distinguished poetry and music of the seventeenth century, along with a rich variety of political, scientific, antiquarian, and philosophical writings. While censorship was one reason for this persistence of the older practice, scribal publication remained the norm for texts that were required only in small numbers, or those whose authors wished to avoid the 'stigma' pf print. This book is the first to consider the trade in manuscripts as an important supplement to that in printed books, and to describe the agencies that met the need for rapid duplication of key texts. pt. I Scribal publication -- 1 The phenomenon -- 2 Publication in the scribal medium -- 3 Scribal production -- pt. II Script and society -- 4 Some metaphors for reading -- 5 The social uses of the scribally published text -- 6 Restoration scriptorial satire -- 7 The ambiguous triumph of print -- pt. III Editing scribally published texts -- 8 Editing scribally published texts. Harold Love ; foreword by David D. Hall. Originally published: Scribal publication in seventeenth-century England. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1993. Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-366) and index. e-uk-en English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 Criticism, Textual Literature publishing England History 17th century Authors and readers England History 17th century Music publishing England History 17th century Great Britain Intellectual life 17th century Manuscripts, English History 17th centur…