Foxe's book of martyrs and early modern print culture /
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| Author / Creator: | King, John N. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. |
| Description: | xviii, 351 p. : ill., facsim. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6158913 |
Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Note on texts
- Introduction
- 1. The compilation of the book
- A. "John Foxe, author"
- B. A network of collaborators
- C. Models for the book
- D. Manuscript witnesses
- E. Editing and glossing: from manuscript to print
- 2. The Book of Martyrs in the printing house
- A. John Foxe and the printing trade
- B. John Day, master printer of the English Reformation
- C. The Books of Martyrs
- 1. First edition (1563)
- 2. Second edition (1570)
- 3. Third edition (1576)
- 4. Fourth edition (1583)
- 5. Bright's Abridgment (1589)
- 6. Fifth and sixth editions (1596-97 and 1610)
- 7. Abridgments by Cotton, Mason, and Taylor (1613-16)
- 8. Seventh edition (1631-32)
- 9. Eighth edition (1641) and mid-seventeenth-century selections
- 10. Ninth edition (1684)
- 3. Viewing the pictures
- A. John Day and the illustration of books
- B. The pattern of illustration
- C. Hearing words
- D. Image and text
- E. Responses of viewers
- 4. Reading the pages
- A. Addresses to readers
- B. Calendars of saints
- C. Book owners and libraries
- D. Responses of readers
- Glossary of printing terms of the hand-press era
- Select bibliography
- Index
