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Donald Francis McKenzie (1931–1999) was one of the foremost bibliographers of the twentieth century, and his contributions to the history of the book continue to exert great influence on the field. Early in his career, he made a detailed study of the archives of Cambridge University Press, focusing on the period 1696–1712. In the course of his research, McKenzie discovered quite different working practices and patterns from what had previously been assumed, and this two-volume book, published in 1966, revolutionized the study of printing history. Volume 1 outlines the Press' operation during this period: how it was organized, what buildings it built and occupied, who worked for it, what the state of its finances were and how it went about publishing and printing its own books as well as printing for others. Appendices list the books printed between 1696 and 1712 and the type and ornaments used

This thesis investigates a seventeenth-century manuscript archive, the Conway Papers, in order to explain the relationship between the archive's owners and John Donne, the foremost manuscript poet of the century. An evaluation of Donne's legacy as a writer and thinker requires an understanding of both his medium of publication and the collectors and agents who acquired and circulated his work. The Conway Papers were owned by Edward, first Viscount Conway, Secretary of State to James I and Charles I, and Conway's son. Both men were also significant collectors of printed books. The archive as it survives, mainly in the British Library and National Archives, includes around 300 literary manuscripts ranging from court entertainments to bawdy ballads. This thesis fully evaluates the collection as a whole for the first time, including its complex history. I ask three principal questions: what the Conway Papers are and how they were amassed; how the archive came to contain poetry and drama by Donne, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton and others; and what the significance of this fact is, both in terms of seventeenth-century theories about politics, patronage and society, and modern critical and historical interpretations. These questions cast new light on the early transmission of Donne's verse, especially his Satires and verse epistles. The Conway Papers emphasise the importance of Donne's closest friends – such as Sir Henry Goodere, George Gerrard and Rowland Woodward – in the dissemination of his poetry. The manuscripts help define Donne's earliest readership and establish why his writing was considered valuable cultural capital. Examining the transmission of these manuscripts from the poet to his readers, I present new arguments about Donne's role in a gift economy, and demonstrate how his writings were exchanged as symbols of intellectual amity between patrons and clients.

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY, WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE A GUIDE FOR THE FURTHER STUDY OF JAPANESE ECONOMIC NATIONALISM, IS LIMITED TO ARTICLES AND BOOKS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH, BUT JAPANESE SOURCES OUGHT TO BE CONSULTED AS WELL; FOR A CONCISE AND SYNOPTIC REVIEW OF IMPORTANT JAPANESE ARTICLES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRE-WORLD WAR II JAPANESE NATIONALISM, SEE EDWARD I-TE CHEN, "THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONALISM IN PREWAR JAPAN," CANADIAN REVIEW OF STUDIES IN NATIONALISM, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, 7 (1980); AND JAMES L. HUFFMAN, "NATIONALISM IN JAPAN," IBID., 6 (1979). FOR OCCASIONAL PERTINENT ITEMS, SEE THE JAPAN INTERPRETER (TOKYO: CENTER FOR JAPANESE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STUDIES), A BIANNUAL PUBLICATION DESIGNED TO ACQUAINT ENGLISH-SPEAKING READERS WITH CURRENT JAPANESE THINKING ON DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC ISSUES. ALSO SEE JAPAN QUARTERLY (TOKYO: ASAHI SHIMBUN PUBLISHING COMPANY), THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES (ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN: THE ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES), JAPAN ECHO (TOKYO: JAPAN ECHO, INC.) FOR SHORT ARTICLES ON JAPANESE ECONOMICS, POLITICS, AND CULTURE, AND FINALLY, THE DEVELOPING ECONOMIES (TOKYO: THE INSTITUTE OF ASIAN ECONOMIC AFFAIRS).