The English provinces

Barnard, John; Bell, Maureen; McKenzie, D. F.

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“…While printing was officially permitted in York in 1662, printers were active in the city from 1642. See Bell and Barnard (1994) on early seventeenth-century York book trades. 4 also have experienced the trade differently.…”

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Printed by Alice Broade: The Career of York’s First Female Printer, 1661–1680

Kramer¹,

Griffin²

2022

Print Culture, Agency, and Regionality in the Hand Press Period

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Alice Broad was York's first female printer and, for a time, the only printer in York following the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1661. Very little is known about Broad, and this chapter draws on archival research from the holdings of York Minster Library, which houses eleven of her seventeen extant publications. Broad's career also underwrites the later development of York's print trades. Alice's tools and presses went with Hannah Broad into her marriage with John White and became the foundation of his own extremely successful printing business.Alice Broad was among White's first collaborators in York and both she and her daughter would have provided the future 'printer to their Royal Majesties' (William and Mary) with materials, expertise, and connections in the regional trade. The unique position of York forms an important backdrop to Broad's career as a city that is both central and regional. This chapter is the first in-depth exploration of her career in the history of York's print trades. period by Thomas Broad 1 , a man whose success in York was opportunistic. When the Civil War sent the King's court and the King's printer, Stephen Bulkley 2 , further north to Newcastle, Broad filled the gap made in the turning fortunes of York's print trade. Thomas Broad left standard traces in the public records: he was born in Gloucestershire and completed an apprenticeship in London before moving his business to York. By 1650, Broad had established his press on Stonegate as well as a shop 'near Common-Hall-Gates' near the Guildhall, the seat of power for the Parliamentarian government, for whom he printed; he was admitted gratuitously to the freedom of the city in 1647 (Sessions, 1998, 4; 1976, 21). The imprint in the 1661 sermon, however, heralded a change: it was 'Printed by ALICE BROADE', with her name in all capital letters (the only time she would do this; see figure 2.1 below). Following Thomas's death and until Bulkley's return to York in 1664, Alice Broad was the city's sole printer. Based on extensive research in regional (York Minster Archives and the Borthwick Institute) and national archives (British Library), this chapter is the first detailed scholarly consideration of Alice Broad and her role in the printing history of York.

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Printed by Alice Broade: The Career of York’s First Female Printer, 1661–1680

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Griffin²

2022

Print Culture, Agency, and Regionality in the Hand Press Period

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“…20 Most importantly, the Licensing Act restricted publishing in the English provinces until 1695, although booksellers played a crucial role in distributing books in peripheral areas while printing was limited (Barnard & Bell, 2002;Feather, 2004). It is also well known that the top publication locations shown in Figure 7 (Dublin, Edinburgh, Philadelphia, Boston and the University towns of Oxford and Cambridge) were also of importance once the book trade became more accessible.…”

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A Quantitative Study of History in the English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC), 1470-1800

Lahti

Ilomäki

Tolonen

2015

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This article analyses publication trends in the field of history in early modern Britain and North America in 1470-1800, based on English ShortTitle Catalogue (ESTC) data.2 Its major contribution is to demonstrate the potential of digitized library catalogues as an essential scholastic tool and part of reproducible research. We also introduce a novel way of quantitatively analysing a particular trend in book production, namely the publishing of works in the field of history. The study is also our first experimental analysis of paper consumption in early modern book production, and demonstrates in practice the importance of open-science principles for library and information science. Three main research questions are addressed: 1) who wrote history; 2) where history was published; and 3) how publishing changed over time in early modern Britain and North America. In terms A Quantitative Study of History in the English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC), 1470-1800 88Liber Quarterly Volume 25 Issue 2 2015 of our main findings we demonstrate that the average book size of history publications decreased over time, and that the octavo-sized book was the rising star in the eighteenth century, which is a true indication of expanding audiences. The article also compares different aspects of the most popular writers on history, such as Edmund Burke and David Hume. Although focusing on history, these findings may reflect more widespread publishing trends in the early modern era. We show how some of the key questions in this field can be addressed through the quantitative analysis of large-scale bibliographic data collections.

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“…Schools demanded text books, undoubtedly including grammars of the English language, but these were supplied by booksellers from English towns, especially from the entrepôts Chester and Shrewsbury (see e.g. Feather 1985: 15–17; Barnard & Bell 2002: 672). English was taught in Welsh schools, especially in free schools after 1650, and English was the language the upper ranks aspired to, especially in southwestern pockets of strong English tradition such as Pembroke and Gower.…”

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“…Belanger 1982: 6; Feather 1985: 1; Mitchell 1987: 9). It has also been emphasised that the book trade in these two university towns during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ‘was on a larger scale than anywhere else outside London’ (Barnard & Bell 2002: 668), yet ECEG has no record of English grammar printing in these locations, not even books containing a Latin–English grammar (e.g. John Kirkby 1746, Edward Owen 1765, both printed in London).…”

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“…Besides, in her study of book sale catalogues Auer (2008) did not find any title of English grammars in the Oxford Bodleian Library purchase catalogues either. As she rightly points out, these universities ‘cater[ed] for a highly educated layer of society’, they had a strong classical curriculum based on the teaching of Latin and Greek, and therefore they ‘possibly did not see the need to purchase basic grammars of English’ (2008: 73; see also Barnard & Bell 2002: 669–70). Notice, furthermore, that ECEG does not list English grammars printed in Winchester, which hosted one of the most prestigious old grammar schools with purely classical curricula.…”

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Grammar Writing and Provincial Grammar Printing in the Eighteenth‐Century British Isles¹

Yáñez-Bouza

2012

Trans of the Philol Soc

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This paper presents an account of the chronological and geographical distribution of grammars of the English language printed in the eighteenth century in the British Isles. The analysis, which views linguistic historiography in the light of the history of the book, is based on a new electronic database of eighteenth‐century grammars and grammar writers (ECEG). The focus of this study lies in the dissemination of printing in the provinces – by country, county and town/city. Printers and their networks with grammar writers are explored, as are printing activities involving grammars written for schools. Furthermore, the cross‐examination of the grammar writers’ place of birth and the grammars’ place of printing brings to light interesting patterns of geographical mobility, e.g. between Wales and the West Midlands. As grammars played a pivotal role in the codification of the English language, the findings of this paper offer new insights into market forces and the role of printers in the context of the eighteenth‐century normative grammatical tradition. This study thus takes a unique perspective which it is hoped will open the path for future interdisciplinary investigations into the production of books in general, and of English grammars in particular.

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The English provinces

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Printed by Alice Broade: The Career of York’s First Female Printer, 1661–1680

Printed by Alice Broade: The Career of York’s First Female Printer, 1661–1680

A Quantitative Study of History in the English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC), 1470-1800

Grammar Writing and Provincial Grammar Printing in the Eighteenth‐Century British Isles¹

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Printed by Alice Broade: The Career of York’s First Female Printer, 1661–1680

Printed by Alice Broade: The Career of York’s First Female Printer, 1661–1680

A Quantitative Study of History in the English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC), 1470-1800

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