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The culture of correction in Renaissance Europe /

Poor devils of letters, the correctors of Renaissance Europe (men and a few women) marked up copy, divided books into chapters and composed titles for them, and compiled tables of contents before texts went through the press, and read the proofs and corrected them at the other end of the process. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grafton, Anthony
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : British Library, 2011.
Series:Panizzi lectures ; 2009.
Subjects:
Editing > History > 16th century.
Printing > History > 16th century.
Criticism, Textual > History > 16th century.
Proofreading > History > 16th century.
Proofs (Printing) > History > 16th century.
Transmission of texts > Europe > History.
Édition > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Imprimerie > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Correction d'épreuves > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Épreuves (Industries graphiques) > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Transmission de textes > Europe > Histoire.
Criticism, Textual.
Editing.
Printing.
Proofreading.
Proofs (Printing)
Transmission of texts.
Europe.
Buchherstellung
Korrektor
Europa
Buchherstellung.
Korrektor.
Europa.
Geschichte 1500-1800.
1500-1599
History.
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Summary:Poor devils of letters, the correctors of Renaissance Europe (men and a few women) marked up copy, divided books into chapters and composed titles for them, and compiled tables of contents before texts went through the press, and read the proofs and corrected them at the other end of the process. This title deals with these correctors.
Physical Description:xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-238) and indexes.
ISBN:9780712358453
0712358455