ARBER (Edward). A Transcript of the Registers of the Company - Lot 9

ARBER (Edward). A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London, 1554–1640, A.D. Mansfield Centre, Martino Publishing, 2007. 5 bound volumes in 3 sets (2 in-8 and 1 in-4), publisher’s green cloth. Reprint of the first edition published in Birmingham from 1875 to 1894. The Stationers' Company was founded in the 15th century to protect and regulate the book trade in London; it contains the Court Books, the English Joint-Stock Company Records, the Pension and Apprenticeship Registers, as well as "Entry Books of Copies," which are of particular interest to researchers because they record the names of authors and the titles of books submitted to the Society for printing.