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crl-16160	Johnson, Eric J.	The History of the Book in the West: A Library of Critical Essays. Farnham, U.K. & Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2010. Vol. I: 400AD–1455, eds. Jane Roberts and Pamela Robertson, xxxii + 515p. $275.00 (ISBN 9780754627739); Vol. II: 1455–1700, ed. Ian Gadd, xlii + 526p. $275.00 (ISBN 9780754627715). LC2009-921962.	2011-05-01	4	.pdf	application/pdf	2487	71	36	Moving forward into the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Volume II offers several compelling articles deal- ing with the production and selling of printed books, such as Natalie Zemon Davis’ fascinating account of the activi- ties and concerns of the Company of the Griffarins, a Lyonese trade union of journeymen compositors and pressmen; Clive Griffin’s revealing description of Book Reviews 301 the usefulness of Inquisitorial records as sources for insight into the itinerant lives of printers in sixteenth-century Spain; John L. Flood’s look at the rise and decline of the Frankfurt Fair and its impact on the commercial distribution of books across Europe during the Early Modern period; and Ian Maclean’s informative analysis of the market for scholarly books in northern Europe between 1570 and 1630. Although each of these respective periods encompasses a wide range of differences between, and developments in, the way books were manufactured, distributed, and con- sumed, both volumes prioritize the same basic themes: the physical production of books; their “look” and textual layout and how these factors affected their use; the cultural impact of books—whether manuscript or printed—as material objects; economic processes of textual dissemination; and, finally, processes and practices of book consumption.	cache/crl-16160.pdf	txt/crl-16160.txt