The bookshop of the world: making and trading books in the Dutch golden age
The Dutch Golden Age has long been seen as the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer, whose paintings captured the public imagination and came to represent the marvel that was the Dutch Republic. Yet there is another, largely overlooked marvel in the Dutch world of the seventeenth century: books. In this fas...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New Haven London
Yale University Press
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Book printing
/ Netherlands
/ History <1501-1600>
/ History <1601-1700>
B Netherlands / Book printing / Book trade / History 1580-1700 |
| Further subjects: | B
Booksellers and bookselling
History
16th century
Netherlands
B Publishers and publishing History 16th century Netherlands B Publishers and publishing History 17th century Netherlands B Booksellers and bookselling History 17th century Netherlands B Printing History 16th century Netherlands B Printing History 17th century Netherlands |
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| Summary: | The Dutch Golden Age has long been seen as the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer, whose paintings captured the public imagination and came to represent the marvel that was the Dutch Republic. Yet there is another, largely overlooked marvel in the Dutch world of the seventeenth century: books. In this fascinating account, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen show how the Dutch produced many more books than pictures and bought and owned more books per capita than any other part of Europe. Key innovations in marketing, book auctions, and newspaper advertising brought stability to a market where elsewhere publishers faced bankruptcy, and created a population uniquely well-informed and politically engaged. This book tells for the first time the remarkable story of the Dutch conquest of the European book world and shows the true extent to which these pious, prosperous, quarrelsome, and generous people were shaped by what they read |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p.411-438), bibliography (p. 439-460), and index |
| Physical Description: | v, 485 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0300230079 |