The Bowyer ledgers : the printing accounts of William Bowyer, father and son, reproduced on microfiche : with a checklist of Bowyer printing, 1699-1777, a commentary, indexes, and appendixes /

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Imprint:London : The Bibliographical Society ; New York : The Bibliographical Society of America : [distributed by] Oxford University Press, 1991.
Description:70 microfiches : all facsims. ; 11 x 15 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Bowyer, William, -- 1663-1737.
Bowyer, William, -- 1699-1777.
Bowyer, William, -- 1663-1737
Bowyer, William, -- 1699-1777
Printing -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
Bibliography -- England -- London -- Early printed books -- 18th century.
Early printed books.
Printing.
London (England) -- Imprints.
England -- London.
Bibliography.
History.
Sources.
Format: Microform Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2965163
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Other authors / contributors:Bowyer, William, 1663-1737.
Bowyer, William, 1699-1777.
Maslen, K. I. D.
Lancaster, John, 1943-
Bibliographical Society (Great Britain)
Bibliographical Society of America.
ISBN:0914930133
Notes:Title and description taken from printed guide.
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Over a period of more than 70 years during the 18th century the Bowyers issued about 5,000 titles from about 1,000 authors from Pope and Swift to names now forgotten. Their surviving ledgers including customer and paper accounts for most of the business years plus a single decade of workmen's accounts represent one of the few original sources available for studying book production and distribution and authorship in 18th-century London. The 1,670 pages of the ledgers are reproduced on microfiche (awkwardly packaged) at a reduction rate smaller than usual, permitting a readability similar to the originals. The accompanying text, representing the fruits of decades of scholarship, includes a chronological checklist of printed works matched against the ledgers followed by detailed indexes of names, titles, categories, and topics. Used in conjunction with the works of contemporary John Nichols (1745-1826) (e.g., Literary Anecodotes of the Eighteenth Century, repr. 1966) and with the online Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, this work provides source material for literary and economic historians of 18th-century England. University collections.-E. A. Swaim, Wesleyan University

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