Advertising the Early Printed Book : A Census of Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Advertisements and Catalogues till 1600 / Christian Coppens ; edited by J. Christopher Warner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coppens, Chr. (Chris), author.

Contributor:

Warner, J. Christopher, editor.

Series:

Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026.

Library of the Written Word ; 154.

Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026

Library of the Written Word ; 154

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Book History and Cartography.

Languages and Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (431 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

A Census of Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Advertisements and Catalogues till 1600

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The culmination of three decades of research by one of Europe’s most renowned book historians, Advertising the Early Printed Book is the necessary first resource for scholars investigating the marketing methods of publishers and booksellers in the first 150 years of printing in the West. The Census provides bibliographical descriptions of over 250 advertisements and catalogues, some not previously recorded, some no longer extant, with transcriptions of their promotional text, references to modern editions, facsimiles, and scholarship, and whenever possible notes on the provenance and condition of surviving copies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Warner, J. Christopher Advertising the Early Printed Book

ISBN:

9789004760349

OCLC:

1605654816

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004760349 DOI