This monograph makes clear how the format of the literary folio played a fundamental role in book history by encapsulating the unstable negotiation between commerce, cultural prestige, and the fundamental nature of the printed book.

Autorentext

Francis X. Connor is an Assistant Professor of English at Wichita State University, USA.

Inhalt

1. Samuel Daniel's Works and the History of the Book 2. Ben Jonson's Workes 3. John Taylor and the Commercial Folio