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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Humphreys, 125.
[2] Renouard, i., 25.
[3] Greswell, i., 22.
[4] “In books flows the fountain of wisdom.”—Hist. Typographorum Parisiensium, 29.
[5] Life of Casaubon, 322.
[6] Greswell, i., 172.
[7] Greswell, i., 190.
[8] Ibid., 191.
[9] p. 193, et seq.
[10] Greswell, i., 209.
[11] Le Long, Bib. S., tom. i., p. 89.
[13] Cited by Greswell, i., 339.
[14] Greswell, i., 219.
[15] Greswell, i., 225.
[16] Cited by Greswell, i., 283.
[17] Greswell, i., 311.
[18] In Elogiis, cited by Greswell, i., 350.
[19] Greswell, i., 376.
[20] Greswell, i., 384.
[21] De Guignes, Historical Essay on the Oriental and Greek Characters of Francis I.
[22] Greswell, i., 404.
[23] Maittaire, 247.
[24] Life of William Somner, Oxford, 1693.
[25] De Maumont, cited by Greswell, ii., 18.
[26] Greswell, ii., 169.
[27] Maittaire, 298.
[28] Cited by Maittaire.
[29] Mémoire de Littérature, Sallengre, i., 38, La Haye, 1715.
[30] Greswell, ii., 219.
[31] Vol. ii., 251.
[32] Isaac Casaubon, by Mark Pattison, second edition, Oxford, 1892, p. 30.
[33] Op., 21, cited by Pattison, p. 31.
[34] Pattison, p. 35.
[35] Burney MS. 364, p. 250, cited by Pattison, p. 37.
[36] Ibid.
[37] Pattison, 153.
[38] Pattison, 128.
[39] Pattison, 182.
[40] Frith, I., Life of Bruno, London and Boston, 1887, p. 71.
[41] Pattison, 323.
[42] Pattison, 324.
[43] Blades, 24.
[44] Blades, 32.
[45] Cited by Blades, p. 35.
[46] Blades, 50.
[47] Blades, 54.
[48] Cited by Kapp, p. 218.
[49] Blades, 62.
[50] Thomassy, Les Écrits Politiques de Christine de Pisan. Paris, 1838.
[51] Blades, 213.
[52] Legend of Good Women, line 425.
[53] Blades, 247.
[54] Ibid., 226.
[55] Blades, 280.
[56] Cited by Blades, 84.
[57] Cited by Knight, The Old Printer, p. 113.
[58] Cited by Blades, p. 90.
[59] Humphreys, 184.
[60] Madan, The Early Oxford Press—A Bibliography of Printing and Publishing at Oxford, 1468-1640. Oxford, 1895, p. 247.
[61] Madan, 254.
[62] Ibid., 263.
[63] Humphreys, 195.
[64] Humphreys, 196.
[65] Humphreys, 204.
[66] Elizabethan Translations from the Italian, Baltimore, 1895.
[67] Jusserand, The English Novel, p. 80.
[68] Ibid., 81.
[69] Captain Cox, His Ballads and Books, 1575, ed. by Furnivall, Ballad Society, 1871, p. 29.
[70] The English Novel, 87.
[71] Wilder, 59.
[72] Knight, 203.
[73] Kapp, 140.
[74] Hase, 26.
[75] Hase, 28.
[76] Köstlin, 265.
[77] Hase, 167.
[78] Hase, 160.
[79] Hase, 77.
[80] Hase, 108.
[81] Hase, 170.
[82] Ulrich Zasius, Stintzing, Basel, 1857, p. 257.
[83] Zasius, Epistolæ, p. 191.
[84] Luther, Briefe, iii., 389.
[85] Pirckheimer, Opera, 252.
[86] Hase, 420.
[87] Excepting an edition of the first writings of Luther.
[88] Kapp, 313.
[89] Zeltner, Geschichte der Schriften Lutheri, Nürnberg, 1727, p. 37.
[90] Kapp, 388.
[91] For the translations of these letters I am indebted to the courtesy of Dr. S. M. Jackson and Prof. G. W. Gilmore.
[92] Kapp, 393.
[93] Herzog, J. J., Das Leben Johann Oekolampads, Basel, 1843, vol. i., p. 85.
[94] Erasmus, His Life and Character. By Robert B. Drummond. 2 vols., London, 1873, i., 200.
[95] The Complutensian Polyglot Bible of Cardinal Ximenes, completed in 1514, was not published until 1522.
[96] Drummond, i., 276.
[97] Ibid., i., 277.
[98] Froude, Erasmus, 78.
[99] Drummond, i., 278.
[100] Erasmus, Op., ii., 397.
[101] Erasmus, Op., ii., 707.
[102] Drummond, i., 262.
[103] Froude, 51.
[104] Froude, 128.
[105] Erasm., Op., iii., 275.
[106] Froude, 138.
[107] Drummond, i., 261.
[108] Ep., xxi.
[109] Froude, 127.
[110] Drummond, i., 319.
[111] Drummond, i., 412.
[112] Drummond, ii., 179.
[113] Froude, 220.
[114] Eras., Op. iii., 1168.
[115] Bariqui, i., 516; cited by Drummond, ii., 180.
[116] Drummond, ii., 186.
[117] Ep., DCCCCXXII; Drummond, ii., 276.
[118] p. 326.
[119] Luther’s authorship of this tract is questioned. Its preface is certainly his.
[120] Köstlin, 279.
[121] Ibid., 491.
[122] Kapp, 307.
[123] Kapp, 311.
[124] Kapp, 425.
[125] Kapp, 374.
[126] Plater, Selbst-biog., p. 23.
[127] Kapp, 408.
[128] Herzog, Das Leben Johann Oekolampads, Basel, 1843, i., 85.
[129] Kapp, 410.
[130] Kapp, 417.
[131] Kapp, 443.
[132] Rooses, 231, et seq.
[133] This is the date of the “Charter of Privileges,” which gave to the University of Oxford the control of the printing.
[134] Evelyn, Memoirs, ed. Bray., i., 30, 31.
[135] Burmanni, Syllog., v., 576.
[136] Letter of D. Elzevir to Heinsius, July 1, 1679. Library of Utrecht.
[137] C. Myrop, Bidrag., p. 167.
[138] C. F. Menander, cited by Kirchoff, Beiträge, ii., 149.
[139] Charles Elton, in Bibliotheca, part i., 1894.
[140] In the dedicatory epistle to the Discorsi e Dimostrazioni Matemachi, 1638.
[141] Willems, cxxii.
[142] Introduction to the Literature of Europe.
[143] Unpublished letters, cited by Eng. and Em. Haag, in “La France Protestante,” ix., 162, and by Willems, 186.
[144] Cf. Castellani, I privilegii ... im Venezia, Venice, 1888, quoted by Brown, p. 53.
[145] Brown, 54.
[146] Brown, 56.
[147] Brown, 57.
[148] Brown, 63.
[149] Brown, 65.
[150] Cicogna, Iscriz. Ven., v. 587.
[151] Brown, 78.
[152] Brown, 97.
[153] Mansi, Supp. ad Concil. Luccae, 1752, ii., 681.
[154] Geschichte der Deutschen Bibel-übersetzung des Luthers, 43.
[155] Thausing, M., Dürer. Gescht. seines Lebens, etc., 254.
[156] p. 97.
[157] Kirchhoff, Gescht. des Deutsch. Buchhandels, i., 42-45.
[158] Luden, Vom freien Geistes-Verkehr, Weimar, 1814, pp. 51-52.
[159] Kapp, 171.
[160] Götze, Ludwig, Alt. Gesch. der Buchdrückerkunst in Magdeburg, 5, 19, et seq.
[161] Strauss, Ulrich v. Hutten, 4te Auflage, Bonn, 1878, 481, et seq.
[162] Schuck, Aldus Manutius u. seine Zeitgenossen in Italien u. Deutschland, Berlin, 1862, 82.
[163] Kapp, 313.
[164] Kapp, 314.
[165] F. H. Meyer, in Archiv., v., 181.
[166] Kapp, 315.
[167] Kapp, 317, et seq.
[168] Beiträge, 112.
[169] p. 317.
[170] Manuel du Bibliophile, i., 42.
[171] Beiträge zum Deutschen Staats- und Fürstenrecht.
[172] Renouard, i., 25.
[173] Bayle’s Dictionary, article Beda.
[174] De la Presse au Seizième Siècle.
[175] Renouard, i., 50.
[176] Œuvres, Édition de 1828, xxvi., 389.
[177] Renouard, i., 79.
[178] Stationers’ Company vs. Carman, 2 W. Bl. 1002, Scrutton, 70.
[179] Hub. Ames, F. A., i., 186. Cited by Scrutton, 72.
[180] Scrutton, 76.
[181] Ibid.
[182] p. 83.
[183] 4 Burr, 2313.
[184] The Act was passed in 1709, but went into effect April 10, 1710.
[185] Milton, Areopagitica, edited by White, London, 1819, pp. 15-18.
[186] The “piracies” of the Lyons publishers were troublesome for the Paris Guild, but they do not affect the general accuracy of the statement.
[187] Kapp, 495.
Corrections
The first line indicates the original, the second the correction:
p. 16
- with a few rare exception, of editions
- with a few rare exceptions, of editions
p. 33
- 1533. “Virgillii Opera.” 8vo. (Again.)
- 1533. “Virgilii Opera.” 8vo. (Again.)
p. 111
- La Farce de Pathelie
- La Farce de Pathelin
p. 118
- Jacobus de Veragine,
- Jacobus de Voragine,
p. 121
- for the reissue, while the the work of translating
- for the reissue, while the work of translating
p. 205
- in protecting the the work
- in protecting the work
p. 221
- One of the more important of the earlier pamplets
- One of the more important of the earlier pamphlets
p. 259
- La Livre de la Victoire contre toutes tribulations.
- Le Livre de la Victoire contre toutes tribulations.
p. 330
- for the Low Countries, for Scandivania
- for the Low Countries, for Scandinavia
p. 355
- the Council of Ten had practially resigned
- the Council of Ten had practically resigned
p. 418
- and also from such Unievrsities
- and also from such Universities
p. 449
- the records of the Chambre syndicat de la librairie
- the records of the Chambre syndicale de la librairie
p. 517
- —— VII., plans to introduce printing into France, ii, 2 ff.
- —— VII., plans to introduce printing into France, ii, 4 ff.
p. 520
- France, the Abbey schools in, i, 118; the manuscript-trade in, i, 255 ff.; early printers of, ii, 2 ff.; regulations for the printing-press in, ii, 437; legislation in, for the encouragement of literature, ii, 446 ff.; summary of the privileges in, ii, 491 ff.; takes the initiative in regard to the Convention of Berne, ii, 506; summary of copyright legislation in, ii, 508
- France, the Abbey schools in, i, 118; the manuscript-trade in, i, 255 ff.; early printers of, ii, 3 ff.; regulations for the printing-press in, ii, 437; legislation in, for the encouragement of literature, ii, 446 ff.; summary of the privileges in, ii, 491 ff.; takes the initiative in regard to the Convention of Berne, ii, 506; summary of copyright legislation in, ii, 508
p. 525
- Jenson, Nicholas, first printer in Venice, i, 407; operations of, in Paris and in Mayence, i, 408; settles in Venice, i, 409; sells printing plant to Torresano, i, 411; sent to Mayence by Charles VII., ii, 2; 344
- Jenson, Nicholas, first printer in Venice, i, 407; operations of, in Paris and in Mayence, i, 408; settles in Venice, i, 409; sells printing plant to Torresano, i, 411; sent to Mayence by Charles VII., ii, 3; 344
p. 532
- —— III. confirms the monoply of the Milan printers’ guild, i, 454
- —— III. confirms the monopoly of the Milan printers’ guild, i, 454
- Geschischte der Deutschen Bibel-übersetzung des Luthers, 43.
- Geschichte der Deutschen Bibel-übersetzung des Luthers, 43.
Erratum
On pp. 451-452, the excerpt from the Edict of Nantes should read:
Ne pourront les livres concernant ladite religion prétendue réformée être réimprimés et vendus publiquement qu’ès villes et lieux où l’exercice public de ladite religion est permis; et, pour les autres livres qui seront imprimés ès autres villes, seront vus et visités tant par nos officiers que théologiens, ainsi qu’il est porté par nos ordonnances. Défendons très expressément l’impression, publication et vente de tous livres, libelles et écrits diffamatoires, sous les peines contenues en nos ordonnances, enjoignant à tous nos juges et officiers d’y tenir la main.