The Early Oxford Press / A Bibliography of Printing and Publishing at Oxford, '1468'-1640; With Notes, Appendixes and Illustrations

A detailed bibliography traces the rise and operations of the Oxford printing trade from its fifteenth-century origins through 1640, cataloguing imprints, printers, and publishers and reproducing representative title-pages and type samples. It combines chronological lists, descriptive entries, and appendices containing documents, ornaments, and notanda, and explains methodology for identifying imperfect copies. The work surveys the kinds of books produced—dominant theological works alongside classical texts, translations, maps, university statutes, and occasional light verse—while noting patronage, printing privileges, and the commercial fortunes of printers, and includes indexes and illustrative plates to aid researchers.