Printing in England: the first 25 years.
A one-day conference to launch volume XI
of the Catalogue of Books Printed in the
XVth Century Now in the British Library (BMC)
The British Library announces the forthcoming
publication (by Hes & De Graaf Publishers of the
Netherlands) of the latest volume, describing the
output of the first English printing-houses, in a series
of catalogues of the Library's incunabula that
began in 1908.
On Monday 11 December 2006 the British Library will hold
a conference to celebrate the new catalogue, which has
been edited and compiled by Lotte Hellinga with
contributions from Paul Needham, Margaret Nickson and
John Goldfinch.
It contains full descriptions of the Library's collection of
English incunabula and includes an extensive Introduction
describing in detail the arrival of printing in England and
its early development, with sections on the printers, their
technique, the texts and their readers, typography, paper,
early owners and the development of the Library's
collection.
The conference will aim to define the ways in which the new
catalogue can be used as a starting block for new
explorations in the history of printing in England.
Speakers will include Maureen Bell, Julia Boffey,
Cristina Dondi, A.S.G. Edwards, Mary Erler, Margaret Ford,
William Kuskin, James Mosley, Paul Needham,
David Pearson, Susan Powell.
Participation is free, but registration is required.
For further information, please contact John Goldfinch,
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To register please contact Teresa Harrington,
British and Early Printed Collections,
The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB,
United Kingdom.
T +44 (0)20 7412 7785
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