Incunabula in Transit (Library of the Written Word)

Author: Hellinga Lotte

Brand: Brill

Edition: XIV, 510 Pp. with a Full Colou ed.

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 544

EAN: 9789004340350

Release Date: 13-03-2018

Package Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches

Languages: English

Binding: Hardcover

Details: In Incunabula in Transit Lotte Hellinga explores trade in early printed books in the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. Material evidence (typography, illumination, binding) and historical context deepen understanding of the evolving book trade. Eighteenth-century collectors changed early patterns of ownership.