Printers' devices in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth : iconographic sources and ideological content / Justyna Kiliańczyk-Zięba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kiliańczyk-Zięba, Justyna, author.

Series:

Library of the written word ; 117.

Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 95.

Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 117

The handpress world ; volume 95

Standardized Title:

Sygnety drukarskie w Rzeczypospolitej XVI wieku. English

Language:

English

Polish

Subjects (All):

Printers' marks--Poland.

Printers' marks.

Printing--Poland--History--Origin and antecedents.

Printing.

Printing--Poland--History--16th century.

Book industries and trade--Heraldry.

Book industries and trade.

Europe--Intellectual life--15th century.

Europe.

Europe--Intellectual life--16th century.

Intellectual life.

Printing--Origin and antecedents.

Poland.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xl, 260 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.

Summary:

"This book discusses the printers' devices used in Poland-Lithuania in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The compositions that served to identify the products of individual printers are explored here as previously unacknowledged research material for cultural studies: they allow for the reconstruction of the mentality of contemporary printers as well as their co-workers and reading public. The book investigates relationships within early modern intellectual communities and shows that the textual and visual discourses of the printers' devices were pan-European, reflecting the networked communities of European centres of learning and commerce. It documents the broad range of the output of Polish-Lithuanian presses as well and is therefore also a study of book culture in a multinational and multilingual state, whose inheritance is poorly recognised internationally"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Heraldic traditions

Sources from antiquity and the emblematic filter

Within the Christian community

Devices used by the Drukarnia Lazarzowa

Books in Jewish languages

Where, when, how often : the printer's device within the structure of the book.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kiliańczyk-Zięba, Justyna. Printers' devices in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

ISBN:

9789004679597

9004679596

OCLC:

1409396955