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Tables of Contents for Five Hundred Years of Printing
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Reviser's preface
vii
Introduction
1
2
I THE FIRST CENTURY OF PRINTING, 1450--1550
The incunabula period
3
1
Gutenberg
4
5
Type design
9
8
Roman type
11
5
Gothic type
16
1
The spread of printing
17
37
Germany
20
10
Italy
30
7
France
37
7
Spain and Portugal
44
2
England
46
6
Greek and Hebrew printing
52
2
Printing in the vernacular
54
5
Printer and publisher
59
3
Early bestsellers
62
3
The title-page
65
5
Book illustration
70
4
II THE ERA OF CONSOLIDATION 1550--1800
Type design
74
10
Roman type
74
8
Gothic type
82
2
Irish and Anglo-Saxon types
84
1
Book production
84
22
The Netherlands
84
5
France
89
4
Germany
93
3
The English-speaking countries
96
10
Publishers and patrons
106
8
Official and private presses
114
5
The reading public
119
2
The periodical press
121
5
Libraries
126
4
Censorship
130
7
III THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, 1800--1900
Technical progress
137
9
The trade
146
6
Official and private presses
152
8
The reading public
160
6
Popular series
166
4
IV 1900--1955
Linotype and Monotype
170
2
The Latin alphabet in script and print
172
3
The private presses
175
13
Book printing before the Second World War
188
4
Censorship and other difficulties in the trade
192
8
Bestsellers and steady sellers
200
12
Popular series
212
6
V THE POSTWAR WORLD
Composition and typesetting
218
12
Printing
230
5
Paper
235
1
Binding
236
3
Design
239
2
Printers and publishers
241
7
Modern fine printing
248
1
CD-ROM and the Internet
249
1
Conclusion
250
1
Select bibliography
251
4
Index
255