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Book SynopsisBooks 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. Contributors include Zsuzsa Barbarics-Hermanik, Jürgen Beyer, Amy Nelson Burnett, Neil Harris, Brenda M. Hosington, Johannes Hund, Henning P. Jürgens, Justyna Kiliańczyk-Zięba, Hans-Jörg Künast, Urs Bernhard Leu, Matthew McLean, Andrew Pettegree, David Shaw, Christoph Volkmar, Hanno Wijsman and Alexander Wilkinson.
Trade Review"The Book Triumphant is a valuable guide to the increasing importance of the printed book in sixteenth-century Europe." – Eric N. Lindquist, University of Maryland, in: Renaissance Quarterly 65/4 (Winter 2012), pp. 1281-1283
Table of ContentsPreface Notes on contributors PART ONE THE BOOK IN NATIONAL CONTEXTS 1. Printing in the Low Countries in the Early Sixteenth Century Andrew Pettegree 2. The Italian Book: Catalogue, Censuses and Survival Neil Harris 3. How Complete Are the German National Bibliographies for the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (VD16 and VD17) ? Jürgen Beyer 4. The Printed Book on the Iberian Peninsula, 1500-1540 Alexander Wilkinson 5. The Vanishing Press: Printing in Provincial France in the Early Sixteenth Century Malcolm Walsby PART TWO PRINTING AND THE REFORMATION 6. Turning Luther’s Weapons against him. The Birth of Catholic Propaganda in Saxony in the 1520s Christoph Volkmar 7. Preaching and Printing in Germany on the Eve of the Thirty Years’ War Amy Nelson Burnett 8. Pamphlets in the Theological Debates of the Later Sixteenth Century: The Mainz Editorial Project “Controversia et Confessio” Johannes Hund and Henning P. Jürgens 9. Devices of Protestant Printers in the Sixteenth Century Justyna Kiliańczyk-Zięba PART THREE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSLATIONS 10. History in Transition: Enguerrand de Monstrelet’s Chroniques in Manuscript and Print (c.1450-c.1600) Hanno Wijsman 11. The ‘Renaissance Cultural Crossroads’ Catalogue: A Witness to the Importance of Translation in Early Modern Britain Brenda M. Hosington 12. Between Basel and Zürich: Humanist Rivalries and the Works of Sebastian Münster Matthew McLean PART FOUR NETWORKS AND THE BOOK TRADE 13. The Book- and Reading-Culture in Basle and Zurich During the Sixteenth Century Urs B. Leu 14. Augsburg’s Position in the System of the German Book Trade in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century Hans-Jörg Künast 15. Book Trade Practices in Early Sixteenth-Century Paris: Pierre Vidoue (1516–1543) David J. Shaw 16. The Coexistence of Manuscript and Print: Handwritten Newsletters in the Second Century of Print, 1540-1640 Zsuzsa Barbarics-Hermanik Index
