International Publishing in the Netherlands, 1933-1945

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Books in Early Modern Norway

Gina Dahl

Drawing on various types of book listing, this study explores the market for books in early modern Norway. Book ownership by different elements of Norwegian society is addressed alongside changes in patterns of book distribution.

€102.00$132.00

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9789004206656

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The Acquisition of Books by Chetham's Library, 1655-1700

Matthew Yeo

Drawing on recent debates about the methods of book history, this book explores in detail the foundation and development of Chetham's Library, in Manchester, from its foundation in 1655 until the end of the seventeenth century.

€102.00$132.00

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9789004207233

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The Book Triumphant

Edited by Malcolm Walsby and Graeme Kemp

This edited collection presents new research on the development of printing and bookselling throughout Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, addressing themes such as the Reformation, the transmission of texts and the production and sale of printed books.

€102.00$132.00

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9789004204515

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The Printed Book in Brittany, 1484-1600

Malcolm Walsby

Using archival as well as printed sources, this book analyses the place of the printing press and of the printed book in late fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Brittany and casts new light on the development of printing in provincial France.

€102.00$132.00

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9789004191785

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Pamphlets and Politics in the Dutch Republic

Edited by Femke Deen, David Onnekink and Michel Reinders

This volume explores the relationship between politics and pamphleteering in the Dutch Republic. By analyzing the political role of pamphlets and their interplay with other media in public debates, the articles provide a new understanding of Dutch political culture.

€102.00$132.00

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9789004187450

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Cold War Books in the ‘Other’ Europe and What Came After

Jiřina Šmejkalová

Drawing on analyses of the socio-cultural context of East and Central Europe, focusing on the Czech cultural dynamics of the Cold War and its aftermath, this book examines the making and breaking of centrally-controlled book production and reception.

€104.00$135.00

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9789004184329

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Reading the Scottish Enlightenment

Mark Towsey

Drawing on a range of methodologies associated with the history of reading, this book explores the reception of the Scottish Enlightenment, assessing the impact that major texts had on the lives, beliefs and habits of mind of contemporary readers.

€133.00$172.00

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9789004175501

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Learning and the Market Place

Ian Maclean, All Souls College, University of Oxford

These essays on the learned book in Early Modern Europe investigate the transmission of knowledge and the operation of the book market from the point of view of its major participants: authors, editors, publishers, readers and bibliographers.

€102.00$132.00

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9789004187429

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The Trans-Saharan Book Trade

Edited by Graziano Krätli & Ghislaine Lydon

Concerned with the history of scholarly production, book markets and trans-Saharan exchanges in Muslim African (primarily western and northern Africa), as well as the creation of manuscript libraries, this book consists of a collection of twelve essays that examine these issues from an ...

€110.00$142.00

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9789004170841

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Dutch Messengers: A History of Science Publishing, 1930-1980

Cornelis D. Andriesse

In this pioneering work, based upon interviews with many of the surviving protagonists, Cornelis ('Cees') Andriesse tells the story of the role that Dutch publishing houses played in the rise of English language commercial science publishing after the Second World War, that was preceded by the ...