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Based on the contributions given at a conference held at the University of Cagliari in September 2017, this collection of essays provides an insight into the distribution and acquisition of printed books in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Publishers' and booksellers' catalogues are examined as evidence of the advertising and selling techniques used by agents in the book trade, with a focus on book prices. The role of sixteenth-century private libraries and the growing phenomenon of book collecting are studied within a commercial frame. In this context, private collections are investigated as places of preservation rather than consumption, of the works being circulated within the book trade.

Book collecting. --- Book industries and trade. --- Booksellers and bookselling --- Booksellers and bookselling --- Booksellers' catalogs --- Booksellers' catalogs --- Collectors and collecting. --- Private libraries --- Private libraries --- Publishers and publishing --- Publishers and publishing --- Publishers' catalogs --- Publishers' catalogs --- History --- History --- History --- History --- History --- History --- History --- History --- History --- History --- 1500-1599. --- Europe.

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This volume is the result of an extensive archival research, and contains the analysis of 120 notarial documents useful for the reconstruction of seventeenth-century Sardinian private libraries. These are mainly post-mortem inventories through which it is possible to detect the consistency and characteristics of the library collections in use by people of different social backgrounds and professional roles. The collected materials make the repertory a valuable tool for scholars of book history and cultural history. Frutto di una lunga ricerca d'archivio, il volume contiene l'edizione e lo studio di 120 documenti notarili utili per la ricostruzione delle biblioteche private nella Sardegna del Seicento. Si tratta principalmente di inventari post mortem attraverso i quali è possibile rilevare la consistenza e le caratteristiche dei fondi librari in uso a personaggi diversi per estrazione sociale e ruolo professionale. I materiali raccolti fanno del repertorio uno strumento prezioso per gli studiosi di storia del libro e di storia della cultura.

Private libraries. --- Private libraries

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This volume is the result of an extensive archival research, and contains the analysis of 120 notarial documents useful for the reconstruction of seventeenth-century Sardinian private libraries. These are mainly post-mortem inventories through which it is possible to detect the consistency and characteristics of the library collections in use by people of different social backgrounds and professional roles. The collected materials make the repertory a valuable tool for scholars of book history and cultural history. Frutto di una lunga ricerca d'archivio, il volume contiene l'edizione e lo studio di 120 documenti notarili utili per la ricostruzione delle biblioteche private nella Sardegna del Seicento. Si tratta principalmente di inventari post mortem attraverso i quali è possibile rilevare la consistenza e le caratteristiche dei fondi librari in uso a personaggi diversi per estrazione sociale e ruolo professionale. I materiali raccolti fanno del repertorio uno strumento prezioso per gli studiosi di storia del libro e di storia della cultura.

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Based on the contributions given at a conference held at the University of Cagliari in September 2017, this collection of essays provides an insight into the distribution and acquisition of printed books in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Publishers' and booksellers' catalogues are examined as evidence of the advertising and selling techniques used by agents in the book trade, with a focus on book prices. The role of sixteenth-century private libraries and the growing phenomenon of book collecting are studied within a commercial frame. In this context, private collections are investigated as places of preservation rather than consumption, of the works being circulated within the book trade.

Booksellers and bookselling.