1. Book Trade Catalogues in Early Modern Europe
- Author
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Arthur der Weduwen, Andrew Pettegree, Graeme Kemp, Arthur der Weduwen, Andrew Pettegree, and Graeme Kemp
- Subjects
- Booksellers' catalogs--History--17th century, Booksellers' catalogs--History--18th century, Booksellers and bookselling--History--17th cen, Booksellers and bookselling--History--18th cen, Book collecting--History--17th century.--Eur, Book collecting--History--18th century.--Eur, Book auctions--History--17th century.--Europ, Book auctions--History--18th century.--Europ, Private libraries--History--17th century.--E, Private libraries--History--18th cent
- Abstract
This edited collection offers in seventeen chapters the latest scholarship on book catalogues in early modern Europe. Contributors discuss the role that these catalogues played in bookselling and book auctions, as well as in guiding the tastes of book collectors and inspiring some of the greatest libraries of the era. Catalogues in the Low Countries, Britain, Germany, France and the Baltic region are studied as important products of the early modern book trade, and as reconstructive tools for the history of the book. These catalogues offer a goldmine of information on the business of books, and they allow scholars to examine questions on the distribution and ownership of books that would otherwise be extremely difficult to pursue. Contributors: Helwi Blom, Pierre Delsaerdt, Arthur der Weduwen, Anna E. de Wilde, Shanti Graheli, Ann-Marie Hansen, Rindert Jagersma, Graeme Kemp, Ian Maclean, Alicia C. Montoya, Andrew Pettegree, Philippe Schmid, Forrest C. Strickland, Jasna Tingle, Marieke van Egeraat, and Elise Watson.
- Published
- 2021