Cambridge University Press 1584\u20131984

The anniversary history of Cambridge University Press, 1584\u20131984, now published in paperback.

Michael Black (Author), Gordon Johnson (Foreword by)

9780521664974, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 March 2000

356 pages

22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.64 kg

'This an altogether admirable book, hugely enjoyable and informative \u2026 Black's prose is lucid and frequently witty, while the work is far less self-serving than most volumes of a similar kind.' Nature

In 1984 the Press celebrated 400 years of continuous printing and publishing. This history, now published as a paperback, provides a readable introduction to that unique period, with a foreword by Gordon Johnson which comments on the continuing achievement of the Press. The story is of the development of the printing and publishing arm of the University of Cambridge, from the medieval system of resident stationers to the modern international prin]