A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts provides anintroduction to the language and concepts employed inbibliographical studies and textual scholarship as they pertain toearly modern manuscripts and printed texts Winner, Honourable Mention for Literature, Language andLinguistics, American Publishers Prose Awards, 2010 Based almost exclusively on new primary research Explains the complex process of viewing documents as artefacts,showing readers how to describe documents properly and how to readtheir physical properties Demonstrates how to use the information gleaned as a tool forstudying the transmission of literary documents Makes clear why such matters are important and the purposes towhich such information is put Features illustrations that are carefully chosen for theirunfamiliarity in order to keep the discussion fresh