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resources:links_to_other_resources:bibliographical_data [2012/11/09 14:58] – [Print Runs] baldwinresources:links_to_other_resources:bibliographical_data [2012/11/09 15:00] – [Researching Print Runs] baldwin
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-Many historians seeking to measure the impact of the ‘printing revolution’ in fifteenthcentury+Many historians seeking to measure the impact of the ‘printing revolution’ in fifteenth century
 Europe have taken a quantitiative approach, multiplying the total of all editions Europe have taken a quantitiative approach, multiplying the total of all editions
 by the number of copies in a typical edition. However, whereas the Incunable Short Title by the number of copies in a typical edition. However, whereas the Incunable Short Title
-Catalog (ISTC) lists more than 28,000 fifteenth-century editions that are represented by +Catalogue (ISTC) lists more than 28,000 fifteenth-century editions that are represented by 
-surviving specimens, the number of lost editions will always remain indeterminate.1 The+surviving specimens, the number of lost editions will always remain indeterminate. The
 second factor in the equation – the typical or ‘average’ fifteenth-century print run – is just second factor in the equation – the typical or ‘average’ fifteenth-century print run – is just
 as indeterminate as the first, if not more so. Inevitably, the ‘editions × copies’ formula as indeterminate as the first, if not more so. Inevitably, the ‘editions × copies’ formula
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 step in that direction by asking a much more basic question: what is the available data? step in that direction by asking a much more basic question: what is the available data?
  
-Download Eric White's [[full introduction]] and [[database]] of 15th century print runs of incunabula. +Download Eric White's {{:resources:links_to_other_resources:printruns_intro.pdf|full introduction}} and {{:resources:links_to_other_resources:15cprintruns.pdf|database}} of 15th century print runs of incunabula.
  
  
  
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 ===== Printers’ Devices ===== ===== Printers’ Devices =====
  
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