Designed to introduce students, researchers, and librarians to the first centuries of printing, Sarah Werner’s Studying Early Printed Books 1450–1800: A Practical Guide (Wiley 2019) is a clear and accessible introduction to working with books made in the first centuries of the printing press. Features described on this website are described in further detail in Werner’s guide, and users of one resource will find the other a helpful companion to better understanding how to work with early books.
For more information about Studying Early Printed Books, including copies of the table of contents, the introduction, and the index, visit this page.
{The images on this page are details from images included in this collection. From top to bottom: (1) an illustration of printers from the Encyclopédie; (2) the bass’s line from a Dowland song; and (3) a volvelle from Cosmographia. The favicon is a modified version of an initial letter from Dowland’s Second booke of songs. The links will take you to full images and more information about each.}