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Scholarship, commerce, religion : the learned book in the age of confessions, 1560-1630 / Ian Maclean.

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"A decade ago in the Times Literary Supplement, Roderick Conway Morris claimed that "almost everything that was going to happen in book publishing--from pocket books, instant books and pirated books, to the concept of author's copyright, company mergers, and remainders--occurred durin...

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Main Author: Maclean, Ian, 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Scholarly publishing > Europe > History > 16th century.
Scholarly publishing > Europe > History > 17th century.
Book industries and trade > Europe > History > 16th century.
Book industries and trade > Europe > History > 17th century.
Communication in learning and scholarship > Europe > History > 16th century.
Communication in learning and scholarship > Europe > History > 17th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the scene
  • In medias res : a literary agent in Frankfurt, 1606-1615
  • Authors, fields, and genres
  • Labor, impensa, emolumentum : the publisher of learned books
  • Controlling the market : temporal and ecclesiastical authorities
  • Sellers and purchasers : markets, distribution and collection-building
  • The rise and fall of the learned book market, 1560-1630
  • Postscript : then and now.

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