The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Volume 1, c. 400-1100

Contents: Literacy, books and readers / J. B. Trapp Foreign illuminators and illuminated manuscripts / J. J. G. Alexander Printing / L. Hellinga Bookbinding 1400-1557 / M. M. Foot The rise of London's book trade / C. Paul Christianson The customs rolls as documents for the printed-book trade in England / Paul Needham The book trade under Edward VI and Mary I / John N. King Importation of printed books / Margaret Lane Ford Private ownership of printed books / Margaret Lane Ford Monastic libraries: 1400-1557 / David N. Bell The royal collections to 1461 / Jenny Stratford The Royal Library from Edward IV to Henry VII / Janet Backhouse The Royal Library under Henry VIII / James P. Carley The humanist book / J. B. Trapp University libraries and booksellers / Elisabeth Leedham-Green Text-books in the universities / Kristian Jensen Text-books: a case study: logic / E. J. Ashworth The canon law / R. H. Helmholz The civil law / A. Wijffels The books of the common law / J. H. Baker Medicine and science / Peter M. Jones Schools and schoolbooks / Nicholas Orme Practical books for the gentleman / George R. Keiser Devotional literature / Mary C. Erler Gentlewomen's reading / Carol M. Meale and Julia Boffey Music / John Milsom Literary texts / Julia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards Press, politics and religion / Pamela Neville-Sington