Sir Philip Sidney and the Circulation of Manuscripts, 1558-1640

This is the first modern study of the production and circulation of manuscripts during the English Renaissance. H.R. Woudhuysen's examination of hundreds of manuscripts and their copyists presents much new material describing manuscript production in the fields of literature, politics, the law, and historical, geographical, and antiquarian studies. Using the poet Sir Philip Sidney as an example, the book describes how all his works were copied and circulated in manuscript form before they reached print.