The representations of the overseas world in the De Bry Collection of voyages (1590-1634) / by Michiel van Groesen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Groesen, Michiel van.

Series:

Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 2.

Library of the written word. The handpress world, 1874-4834 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598. Collection of voyages.

Bry, Theodor de.

Voyages and travels.

Travelers' writings, European.

Publishers and publishing--Netherlands--History.

Publishers and publishing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (579 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book deals with the De Bry collection of voyages, one of the most monumental publications of Early Modern Europe. It analyzes the textual and iconographic changes the De Bry publishing family made to travel accounts describing Asia, Africa and the New World. It discusses this editorial strategy in the context of the publishing industry around 1600, investigating the biography of the De Brys, the publications of the Frankfurt firm, and the making of the collection, as well as its reception by Iberian inquisitors and seventeenth-century readers across the Old World. The book draws on a wide variety of primary sources, and is hence important for historians, book historians, and art historians interested in the development of Europe's overseas empires.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / M. Van Groesen

Introduction / M. Van Groesen

Chapter One. Opening Up New Worlds: Sixteenth-Century Travel Literature And Collections Of Voyages / M. Van Groesen

Chapter Two. From Goldsmiths To Publishers: The Transformation Of The De Bry Family / M. Van Groesen

Chapter Three. A Prosperous Publishing House: The De Brys As Booksellers In Frankfurt And Oppenheim / M. Van Groesen

Chapter Four. The Making Of The Collection Of Voyages / M. Van Groesen

Chapter Five. Plants And Animals: The Natural World In The De Bry Collection / M. Van Groesen

Chapter Six. Native Inhabitants: Physical Appearances And Identities / M. Van Groesen

Chapter Seven. From Gods To Idols: The Expansion Of Heathendom / M. Van Groesen

Chapter Eight. Different Representations For Different Readerships: Christianity Reflected / M. Van Groesen

Chapter Nine. The Impact Of Censorship: The Index Librorum Expurgatorum And Other Indices / M. Van Groesen

Chapter Ten. Selling, Purchasing, And Borrowing: Towards An Understanding Of Readership / M. Van Groesen

Chapter Eleven. The Impact Of The De Bry Collection: Travel Literature And Travel Compendia In The Seventeenth Century / M. Van Groesen

Conclusion / M. Van Groesen

Appendix One. Publications Of The De Bry Firm / M. Van Groesen

Appendix Two. The Travel Accounts Used For The De Bry Collection / M. Van Groesen

Appendix Three. The Origins Of The Engravings In The De Bry Collection / M. Van Groesen

Bibliography / M. Van Groesen

Index / M. Van Groesen.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-549) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-06060-4

9786613060600

90-474-3263-0

OCLC:

706472792

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004164499.i-565 DOI