The History of Oxford University Press: Volume II

Abstract

This second volume on the history of Oxford University Press starts in 1780. In that year the Press still produced a handful of academic titles a year and rented its bible privilege to members of the book trade. By 1896 it had a huge printing works in Oxford (employing hundreds of workers who had to be managed and trained) which made some of its own paper, ink, and type — material that slowly changed the look and feel of Oxford books; it printed millions of bibles year; it had a large London business which distributed privileged and secular books; it had become a major publisher of textbooks a ... More