Table of Contents: List of tables
List of figures
List of illustrations
List of maps
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Foreword by Robert Darnton
Introduction
1. Surveying the book trade
2. Policing the book trade: the system and its failures
3. Local administration: corporate bodies, urban institutions and state agents
4. The concentration of printing
5. Booksellers: the rise of the bookstore
6. Print markets
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Surveys of the book trade (1700-1784)
Appendix 2: Acquits à caution
Appendix 3: Verification and modifications to the 1764 survey results
Appendix 4: Core group
Bibliography
Index