Editing Early Modern Texts: An Introduction to Principles and Practice

by Michael Hunter

Providing an exposition of the rationale of textual editing with special reference to texts dating 1550-1800, this text explains how manuscript and printed texts were produced and indicates the implications of this for their editorial treatment, giving advice on how texts should be prepared and presented.

184 pages, Paperback

First published October 12, 2006

About the author

Michael Hunter is Emeritus Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of numerous works on early modern science and culture such as The Occult Laboratory and the award-winning Boyle: Between God and Science.

Reviews

[Zack Hudson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This will be really helpful if I ever get around to editing an early modern text.