Buying and selling : the business of books in early modern Europe /
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Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] ©2019 |
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Description: | XXIII, 559 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Language: | English |
Series: | Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 72. The handpress world ; volume 55 Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 55. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11872381 |
Other authors / contributors: | Graheli, Shanti, editor. |
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ISBN: | 9789004340329 9004340327 9789004340398 9004340394 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Summary: | Buying and Selling' explores the many facets of the business of books across and beyond Europe, adopting the viewpoints of printers, publishers, booksellers, and readers. Essays by twenty-five scholars from a range of disciplines seek to reconstruct the dynamics of the trade through a variety of sources. Through the combined investigation of printed output, documentary evidence, provenance research, and epistolary networks, this volume trails the evolving relationship between readers and the book trade. In the resulting picture of failure and success, balanced precariously between debt-economies, sale strategies and uncertain profit, customers stand out as the real winners. |
Other form: | Online version: Buying and selling Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] 9789004340398 |
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