Title & Author:

The book triumphant : print in transition in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / edited by Malcolm Walsby, Graeme Kemp.

Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Description:

xvi, 378 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Series:

Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; v. 15. The handpress world ; v. 9

Notes:
Papers based on the contributions given to two conferences held at the University of St. Andrews in September 2008 and September 2009. These conferences, entitled 'The Book in Transition: The Printed Book in the Post-Incunabula Age, 1500-1540' and 'The Book Triumphant: The book in the second-century of print, 1540-1640', were organised by the Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) project group"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Printing in the Low Countries in the early sixteenth century / Andrew Pettegree -- The Italian Renaissance book : catalogues, censuses, and survival / Neil Harris -- How complete are the German national bibliographies for the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (VD16 and VD17)? / Jurgen Beyer -- The printed book on the Iberian peninsula, 1500-1540 / Alexander Wilkinson -- The vanishing press : printing in provincial France in the early sixteenth century / Malcolm Walsby -- Turning Luther's weapons against him : the birth of Catholic propaganda in Saxony in the 1520s / Christoph Volkmar -- Preaching and printing in Germany on the eve of the Thirty Years' War / Amy Nelson Burnett -- Pamphlets in the theological debates of the later sixteenth century : the Mainz editorial project 'Controversia et Confessio' / Johannes Hund and Henning P. Jurgens -- Devices of Protestant printers in sixteenth century Krakow / Justyna Kilianczyk-Zieba -- History in transition : Enguerrand de Monstrelet's Chronique in manuscript and print (c. 1450-c. 1600) / Hanno Wijsman -- The 'Renaissance cultural crossroads' catalogue : a witness to the importance of translation in early modern Britain / Brenda M. Hosington -- Between Basel and Zurich : humanist rivalries and the works of Sebastian Munster / Matthew McLean -- The book and reading culture in Basel and Zurich during the sixteenth century / Urs B. Leu -- Augsburg's position in the system of the German book trade in the first half of the sixteenth century / Hans-Jorg Kunast -- Book trade practices in early sixteenth-century Paris : Pierre Vidoue (1516-1543) / David J. Shaw -- The coexistence of manuscript and print : handwritten newsletters in the second century of print, 1540-1640 / Zsuzsa Barbarics-Hermanik.

Summary:

Books printed in the fifteenth century have been the subject of much in-depth research. In contrast, the beginning of the sixteenth century has not attracted the same scholarly interest. This volume brings together studies that charter the development of printing and bookselling throughout Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It presents new research and analysis on the impact of the Reformation, on how texts were transmitted and on the complex relationships that affected the production and sale of books. The result is a wide-ranging reappraisal of a vital period in the history of the printed book. Book jacket.

ISBN:

9789004207233 (alk. paper)
9004207236 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Books Europe History 1450-1600.
Books Europe History 17th century.
Printing Europe History 16th century.
Printing Europe History 17th century.
Book industries and trade Europe History 16th century.
Book industries and trade Europe History 17th century.
Livres Europe Histoire 1450-1600.
Livres Europe Histoire 17e siècle.
Imprimerie Europe Histoire 16e siècle.
Imprimerie Europe Histoire 17e siècle.
Livres Industrie Europe Histoire 16e siècle.
Livres Industrie Europe Histoire 17e siècle.
Book industries and trade.
Books.
Printing.
Buch
Buchdruck
Buchproduktion.
Buchhandel.
Europe.
Europa.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Walsby, Malcolm.
Kemp, Graeme.
Library of the written word ; 15.
Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 9.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277349
Call No.: BIB 212142
Status: Available