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Books and their makers during the Middle Ages : $b A study of the conditions of the production and distribution of literature from the fall of the Roman empire to the close of the seventeenth century, Vol. IIPutnam, George Haven

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Books and their makers during the Middle Ages : $b A study of the conditions of the production and distribution of literature from the fall of the Roman empire to the close of the seventeenth century, Vol. II

Name: Books and their makers during the Middle Ages : $b A study of the conditions of the production and distribution of literature from the fall of the Roman empire to the close of the seventeenth century, Vol. II
Author: Putnam, George Haven

Putnam, George Haven

Books -- History -- 400-1450; Copyright; Freedom of the press -- History -- To 1500; Manuscripts; Printers

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Variable spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Minor punctuation
inconsistencies have been silently repaired. A list of the changes made
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=By Geo. Haven Putnam=

    =Some Memories of the Civil War.=--Together with an appreciation of
    the career and character of Major-General Israel Putnam, Leader in
    the Colonial Wars and in the War of the Revolution.

    =Books and Their Makers during the Middle Ages.=--A study of the
    conditions of the production and distribution of literature, from
    the fall of the Roman Empire to the close of the Seventeenth
    Century. Two vols., sold separately. 8º, gilt top. Volume I.,
    476-1600. Volume II., 1500-1709.

    =The Question of Copyright.=--Comprising the text of the Copyright
    Law of the United States, and a Summary of the Copyright Laws
    at present in force in the Chief Countries of the World. Third
    edition, revised, with Additions, and with the Record of
    Legislation brought down to March, 1896. 8º, gilt top.

    =The Censorship of the Church of Rome and Its Influence upon
    the Production and Distribution of Literature.=--A Study of the
    History of the Prohibitory and Expurgatory Indexes, Together with
    Some Consideration of the Effects of Protestant Censorship and of
    Censorship by the State. Two volumes, 8º. Uniform with “Books and
    Their Makers.”

    =Abraham Lincoln, the People’s Leader in the Struggle for National
    Existence.= Cr. 8º. With Portrait.

    =A Prisoner of War in Virginia, 1864-5.= Cr. 8º. Illustrated.

    =Authors and Their Public.=

    =Artificial Mother.= Illustrated.

    =Little Gingerbread Man.=

    =Memories of My Youth, 1844-1865.= Portraits.

    =Memories of a Publisher.= Portrait.

                        BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS
                        DURING THE MIDDLE AGES

            A STUDY OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PRODUCTION AND
              DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE FROM THE FALL OF
                   THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO THE CLOSE OF
                        THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

                                  BY

                        GEO. HAVEN PUTNAM, A.M.

         AUTHOR OF “AUTHORS AND THEIR PUBLIC IN ANCIENT TIMES”
                   “THE QUESTION OF COPYRIGHT,” ETC.

                              VOLUME II.

                               1500-1709

                          G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
                          NEW YORK AND LONDON
                        The Knickerbocker Press

                            COPYRIGHT, 1896
                                  BY
                          G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS

                 _Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London_

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                 Made in the United States of America

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