Screen LibraryThe 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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Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven, Connecticut : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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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 e |
| Carrier Form: | v, 485 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780300230079 0300230079 |
| Index Number: | Z161 |
| CLC: | G239.563.9 |
| Call Number: | G239.563.9/P499 |