CONTENTSPAGECHAPTER ISteps towards the Invention,1CHAPTER IIThe Invention of Printing,21CHAPTER IIISpread of Printing in Germany,39CHAPTER IVItaly,59CHAPTER VFrance,78CHAPTER VIThe Low Countries,95CHAPTER VIISpain and Portugal—Denmark and Sweden,113CHAPTER VIIIWestminster: Caxton—Wynkyn de Worde—Julian Notary,125CHAPTER IXOxford and St. Alban’s,147CHAPTER XLondon: John Lettou—William de Machlinia—Richard Pynson,160CHAPTER XIThe Spread of the Art in Great Britain,174CHAPTER XIIThe Study of Bookbinding,185CHAPTER XIIIThe Collecting and Describing of Early Printed Books,201Index of Printers and Places,213