Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS ix
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
5. Part One. AUTHORS IN THE ANCIEN REGIME
6. CHAPTER Ι. SOCIAL DETERMINANTS 4
7. CHAPTER 11. THE AUTHOR AND HIS PUBLIC 22
8. CHAPTER III. AUTHOR , PUBLISHER , AND PRINTER 43
9. CHAPTER IV. CENSORSHIP 54
10. CHAPTER V. REWARDS OF AUTHORSHIP 82
11. Part Two. DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOOK TRADE
12. CHAPTER VI. THE BROTHERHOOD OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST 107
13. CHAPTER VII. ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK GUILD 111
14. CHAPTER VIII. ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOOK TRADE 146
15. Part Three. THE MASTERS
16. CHAPTER IX. THE MASTER PRINTERS 173
17. CHAPTER X. THE MASTER LIΒRAIRES 184
18. CHAPTER XI. PROTECTION OF LITERARY PROPERTY 210
19. Part Four. THE WORKMEN
20. CHAPTER XII. THE JOURNEYMEN 241
21. CHAPTER XIII. THE APPRENTICES 269
22. Part Five. AUXILIARY TRADES
23. CHAPTER XIV. PAPERMAKING 289
24. CHAPTER XV. BOOK ILLUSTRATION 310
25. CHAPTER XVI. BINDING 324
26. CONCLUSION 341
27. APPENDICES 349
28. APPENDIX A. MONEY AND PURCHASING POWER 351
29. APPENDIX Β. SOME DETAILS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT 353
30. APPENDIX C. THE GUILD SYSTEM 354
31. INDEX 357
32. INDEX 359