Index
Key to pages on the web site
The earlier Working Papers originally appeared as limited issue publications from the 1970s to the 1990s. These are now out of print except for The London book trades 1775-1800. In a revised form they were subsequently included on the website of Devon Library Services. The web addresses changed in 2005 following the introduction of a new content management system and this listing provides links to the new web addresses of pages on this book history web log, which is intended to update and extend the information gathered. The information is issued in digital format on the understanding that, while individuals may take copies, print-outs and extracts for private study, the publication or reproduction by any means of anything more than a reasonable amount is covered by the copyright legislation in the same way as printed material. Libraries and similar institutions may supply to users copies of a reasonable proportion for private study and research under the fair dealing clause of the copyright legislation. Contact the editor of the series at ianmaxted@hotmail.co.uk for comments and corrections.
The pages are listed in five sections:
1. Those with national coverage
2. London pages
3. Devon pages
4. Other provincial and foreign pages
5. Numerical listing
Ian Maxted
December 2005
Exeter working papers in British book trade history
Old homepage on Devon web
site, no longer updated.
Abbreviations
and references
The British book trades 1710-1777: an index of masters and apprentices. (EWP 2)
Introduction.
Masters:
A,
B,
C,
D,
E,
F,
G,
H,
I-J,
K,
L,
M,
N-O,
P-Q,
R,
S,
T-V,
W-Z.
Apprentices:
A,
B,
C,
D,
E,
F,
G,
H,
I-K,
L,
M,
N-O,
P-Q,
R,
S,
T-V,
W-Z.
The British book trades 1731-1806 : a checklist of bankrupts. (EWP 4)
Introduction & names
A-Z
The British book trades 1775-1787 : an index to insurance policies (EWP 8)
Introduction. Names:
A-B,
C-D,
E-G,
H-L,
M-Q,
R-S,
T-Z.
British national directories 1781-1819: an index to places (EWP 19)
Introduction. Places:
A-B
C-D,
E-K
L-O
P-S
T-Y
The British book trades 1784-1811: an analyis of national directories (EWP 20)
Introduction. Localities:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I-K,
L, M, N-O, P, R, S, T-U, W-Y.
Monumenta chartae papyraceae cloacales historiam illustrantia (EWP 16)
List of firms 1880-2000
Collectanea cloacopapyrologica. Exhibits from the Maxted Collection of Cloacopapyrology.
1. Sheets inscribed by manufacturers or institutions
2. Pictorial and humorous items
3. New and revised list of Drayton Mill toilet papers, c.1900.
The London book trades 1775-1800: a checklist of members. (EWP "0")
Introduction. Names:
A,
B,
C,
D,
E,
F,
G,
H,
I-K,
L,
M,
N-O,
P-Q,
R,
S,
T,
U-V,
W-Z.
The London book trades 1775-1800 : a topographical guide. (EWP 1)
Introduction. Streets:
A,
B,
C,
D,
E,
F,
G,
H,
I-K,
L,
M,
N,
O,
P,
Q,
R,
S,
T-Z.
The London book trades of the later eighteenth century: newspaper extracts by Victor
Berch. (EWP 10)
Introduction. Names:
A,
B,
C,
D,
E,
F,
G,
H,
I,
J,
K,
L,
M,
N,
O,
P,
R,
S,
T,
U-V,
W-Z.
The London book trades 1735-1775 : a checklist of members. (EWP 3)
Introduction &
names A-Z
The London book trades, 1817. (EWP 21)
Names A-C [in
progress].
Index of engravers and artists for Cassell's illustrated family Bible, 1859-63
(EWP 17).
Introduction & names
A-Z
The Devon book and paper trades : a biographical dictionary. (EWP 7)
Introduction.
Abbotskerswell,
Ashburton,
Axminster,
Bampton,
Barnstaple,
Bideford,
Bovey Tracey,
Bradninch,
Brixham,
Broadclyst,
Buckfastleigh,
Budleigh Salterton,
Chudleigh,
Chulmleigh,
Colyton,
Cornwood,
Crediton,
Cullompton,
Dartmouth,
Dawlish,
Dunsford, Exeter:
1718-19,
A,
B,
C,
D,
E,
F,
G,
H,
I-L,
M,
N-Q,
R,
S,
T-V,
W-Y,
Exmouth,
Exwick,
Harford,
Holsworthy,
Honiton,
Horrabridge,
Huxham,
Ilfracombe,
Ivybridge,
Kentisbeare,
Kingsbridge,
Lustleigh,
Lynton,
Millbrooke (now in Cornwall),
Modbury,
Moretonhampstead,
Newton Abbot,
Newton St. Cyres,
North Tawton,
Oakford,
Okehampton,
Ottery St. Mary,
Paignton,
Pilton, Plymouth:
A-D,
E-K,
L-R,
S-Z,
Plympton,
Rewe (and Upexe),
Salcombe,
Seaton,
Shaldon,
Shaugh Prior,
Shebbear,
Shirwell,
Sidbury,
Sidmouth,
Silverton,
South Brent,
South Molton,
Starcross,
Stoke Canon,
Tavistock,
Teignmouth,
Tiverton,
Topsham,
Torquay,
Torrington,
Totnes,
Uffculme,
Upton Pyne,
Winkleigh,
Yealmpton
Books with Devon imprints : a handlist to 1800. (EWP 6)
Introduction. Imprints:
1505-1674,
1675-1699,
1700-1704,
1705-1709,
1710-1714,
1715-1719,
1720-1729,
1730-1739,
1740-1749,
1750-1759,
1760-1764,
1765-1769,
1770-1779,
1780-1781,
1782-1784,
1785-1786,
1787-1789,
1790,
1791-1792,
1793-1794,
1795-1797,
1798-1800,
printed
forms.
A history of the book in Devon. (EWP 12)
10.
Contents and introduction.
21. Early evidence
of literacy.
22. Saxon
Devon.
23. Exeter
Cathedral Library.
24. Libraries on
the eve of the Reformation.
25. Medieval Devon
scholars.
25a. Some medieval Devon
private libraries.
26. Education and
literacy in medieval Devon.
31. The earliest
printing in Devon.
32. The book trade
in the early period of printing.
33. The Reformation
in Devon.
34. The
establishment of the Exeter book trade.
35. Books and
readers in the 17th century.
36. Printing in
17th century Exeter.
37. Disruption and
recovery.
38. The structure
of the 17th century book trade in Exeter.
41. The provincial
press and the origins of the local newspaper.
42. A good face of
learning.
43. Controversies
in print.
44. Jobbing work
and advertisements.
45. The market for
books in the 18th century.
46. Libraries and
readers.
47. The spread of
printing.
48. Popular
literature in the eighteenth century.
49. Spreading the
word: postboys, hawkers and billposters.
51. The French
Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.
52. Tourism and
topographical views.
53. Some Exeter
businesses of the early 19th century.
54. The newspaper
in the age of reform.
55. The move to
self-improvement.
56. Couchers and
layers: the paper industry in mid nineteenth century Exeter.
57. Some scholars
in the book trades.
58. Libraries in
the early 19th century .
61. The printer's
repertoire.
62. The spread of
the newspaper.
63. The development
of scholarly publishing.
64. Booksellers in
a time of change.
65. The public
library.
71. Survivors and
failures.
72. Booksellers
since World War 2.
73. Antiquarian
booksellers in post-war Exeter.
74. Libraries since
World War 2.
75. Publishers and
grey literature.
76. The newspaper
since 1945.
77. The alternative
press in Devon.
78. The death of
the book?
81.
Bibliography and references.
Exeter Cathedral Library: concordance of the medieval catalogues and surviving
manuscripts. (EWP 5)
Introduction
A.
Bibles
B.
Service books
C.
Devotional works
D.
Legal works
E.
Classical writers
F.
Church fathers
G.
Later writers
H.
Miscellaneous works
The inventory of Michael Harte, bookseller of Exeter, 1615. (EWP 13)
Introduction, images &
transcript
Exeter maps. (EWP 22)
Early printed maps of
Exeter
Book trade references in the Lapthorne-Coffin correspondence. (EWP 11)
Introduction.
Letters not from Richard Lapthorne:
1682-1683.
Letters from Lapthorne:
1683,
1687,
1688,
1689,
1690,
1691,
1692,
1693,
1694,
1695,
1696,
1697.
Book sales,
The Portledge sale
catalogue of 1801,
Books mentioned
in the letters,
Book trade
personnel.
Andrew Brice, printer of Exeter: an agreeable biographical gallimaufry (EWP
14)
Extracts from his
writings in chronological order.
Newspaper readership in south West England: an analysis of the Flindell's Western
Luminary subscribers list of 1815. (EWP 9)
Introduction.
Subscribers:
A-B,
C-D,
E-G,
H-L,
M-Q,
R-S,
T-Z,
subscription list,
correspondence
of Thomas Flindell,
notes on
sources,
index of
occupations.
Cider and eighteenth century evidence based healthcare:
a Devon pamphlet war.
Exeter Medical Library
Extracts
from minutes, 1814-15.
4. OTHER PROVINCIAL AND FOREIGN COVERAGE
The British book trades: topographical listings. (EWP 15)
Cornwall,
Dorset,
Somerset,
Surrey
Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch, 1747-1822 (EWP 18)
Bertuch: Weimar's
literary midwife
Bertuch und
England: Vorbild oder Nachklang
Prosopographie des gens du livre en France: La Basse-Normandie (EWP 23)
Listes de livres imprimés en Basse-Normandie
Listes disponibles :
Alençon,
Avranches,
Bayeux,
Cherbourg,
Coutances,
Falaise,
Honfleur,
Lisieux,
Saint-Lô,
Sées,
Valognes,
Vire.
Basse-Normandie: liste provisoire des imprimeurs et libraires 1701-1850 1. Le Calvados
Basse-Normandie: les gens du livre dans l'Almanach de la librairie, 1781
Douvres-la-Delivrande: inventaires des livres saisis en 1786
Caen: les gens du livre dans la capitation de 1783
1. The London book trades 1775-1800: a topographical guide. 1980. 16p: maps; 23cm + 5 microfiches (299 frames). ISBN 0-9507306-0-2. An address index to the previous work and to trade directories published between 1767 and 1774. Nine frames of corrections to the original work were included on the final fiche.
2. The British book trades 1710-1777 : an index of masters and apprentices recorded in the Inland Revenue registers at the Public Record Office, Kew. 1983. xii,141p; 30cm. ISBN 0-9507306-1-0. Lists 3150 apprentices bound to 1800 members of the book trades in London and the provinces. Arranged by master with indexes of apprentices and places.
3. The London book trades 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's Obituary. 1984. iii,37p; 22cm. ISBN 0-9507306-2-9. Lists about 900 individuals and firms.
4. The British book trades 1731-1806 : a checklist of bankrupts. 1985. viii,36p ; 22cm. ISBN 0-9507306-3-7. Lists about 650 individuals and fims that went bankrupt during this period with and index of places in the provinces and streets in London.
5. Exeter Cathedral Library : a concordance of the medieval catalogues and surviving manuscripts. 1987. xvii,28p ; 30cm. ISBN 0-9507306-5-3. Parallel columns attempt to correlate the more than 600 titles listed in Bishop Leofric's donation list of 1080, inventories of 1327 and 1506 and surviving manucripts. Arranged in subject groupings with indexes of authors and donors.
6. Books with Devon imprints : a handlist to 1800. 1989. ix,219p ; 30cm. Notebook format. ISBN 0-9507306-7-X. Gives details of more than 1,200 items printed in Devon or with Devon distributors in the imprint including many ephemeral items. Arranged by date of publication with indexes by author, subject, place and proper name of subject.
7. The Devon book trades : a biographical dictionary. 1991. viii,286p ; 30cm. Notebook format. ISBN 0-9507306-6-1. Lists some 2,800 members of the book trades in Devon from earliest times to the mid nineteenth century. Arrangement is by place with name indexes.
8. The British book trades 1775-1787: an index to insurance policies. xiii,152p ; 30cm. Notebook format. ISBN 0-9512752-2-4. Lists 2250 Sun and Royal Exchange policies by personal name with indexes by place.
9. Newspaper readership in south west England: an analysis of the Flindell's Western Luminary subscription list of 1815. 1996. xii,92p : maps ; 30cm. ISBN 0-9512752-3-2. Reprints the 1695 names on the subscription list and attempts their identification. With indexes by place and trade and analysis on tables and in maps.
10. The London book trades of the later eighteenth century: biographical extracts from newspapers and other sources 2001. Based on material collected by Victor Berch of Brandeis University Library, this presents information on marriages, deaths, bankruptcies, partnerships, publications arranged alphabetically by family name.
11. Book trade references in the Lapthorne-Coffin correspondence 1683-1697, edited by Michael Treadwell and Ian Maxted. 2000. Transcripts of sections of the letters written by Richard Lapthorne, a bookseller in London, to Richard Coffin, book collector at Portledge in north Devon. With indexes of books mentioned, book trade personnel, book sales and concordances with the 1801 sale catalogue of the library at Portledge.
12. A history of the book in Devon. Covering two millennia of books, readers, libraries, newspapers and related topics in Exeter and Devon.
13. The inventory of Michael Harte, bookseller of Exeter, 1615. A facsimile and transcript of the document followed by an essay analysing the contents.
14. Andrew Brice, printer of Exeter: an agreeable biographical gallimaufry. References to the printer's life from his own writings and those of his contemporaries. An extended version of a paper given at the conference "Lives in print", London December 2001.
15. The British book trade: topographical listings. A series
of pages on each county and country of the British Isles, gathering together stray notes
on book trade members. The base data is a conflation of the content of working paper 2:
the index of masters and apprentices, 1710-1777, working paper 4: the list of bankrupts
1731-1806 and working paper 8: the index to insurance policies 1775-1787, so the content
relates chiefly to the 18th century. It is supplemented by references to sources such as
Nichols and Timperley and newspaper references extracted by Victor Berch.
Cornwall,
Dorset,
Somerset,
Surrey
16. Monumenta chartae
papyraceae cloacales historiam illustrantia
17. Index of engravers and
artists for Cassell's illustrated family Bible, 1859-63.
18. Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch, 1747-1822
19. (formerly S2) British national directories 1781-1819: an index to places in the British Isles included in trade directories with general provincial coverage. 1989. viii,34p : map ; 30cm. ISBN 0-9512752-1-6. Indexes more than 1,000 localities covered by national directories like Bailey's or Holden's before the county series was published by Pigot in the 1820s.
20. The British book
trades 1784-1811: an analysis of three national directories
21. The London book trades,
1817. 2006.
22. Early printed maps of
Exeter. 2006.
23. Prosopographie des gens du livre en France: La Basse-Normandie 2008.
Special series:
1. Fifth seminar on the British book trade: report, Thomas Hall, University of Exeter 9 and 10 July, 1987. 1987. 61p : ill,map ; 30cm. ISBN 0-9512752-0-8. Not yet digitised.
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