Publishers, Censors and Collectors in the European Book Trade, 1650–1750

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Publishers, Censors and Collectors in the European Book Trade, 1650–1750 is written by Ann-Marie Hansen and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004691944 (ISBN 10) and 9789004691940 (ISBN 13).

This edited volume explores the development of the European book world between 1650 and 1750, concentrating on changes in publishing strategies, practices of censorship, the circulation of second-hand books and the building of libraries. Its essays discuss this critical, but much neglected period of print history through case studies from Spain, Italy, France, the Holy Roman Empire, Britain and the Netherlands. Ranging from the posthumous publication of Galileo to the regulation of the book auction market, this volume demonstrates that the century between 1650 and 1750 was a transformative period for the history of the printed book.