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… of London booksellers and printers managed to adapt themselves to the considerable expansion of the metropolis westwards while preserving a stable centre in the City around St Paul’s Churchyard and Paternoster Row: ‘the ability of … of tasks, from the expected ones (publishing and selling books) to ‘a diverse range of services, including carriage, warehousing, public notification, and even banking’ (Raven, Bookscape , 103). By doing so, they managed to meet the often … , 141). His vast circulating libraries thrived on a strong associational life which enabled social mixing. 8 . Edward H. Jacobs, ‘This shelving protocol elevated the less numerous and generically more restricted folios to positions …
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