This volume examines the ten most popular fictional narratives in early modern Europe between 1470 and 1800. Each of these narratives was marketed in numerous E

This edited volume explores the development of the European book world between 1650 and 1750, concentrating on changes in publishing strategies, practices of ce

The essays in Private Libraries and their Documentation revolve around the users and contents of early modern private book collections, and around the sources u

During the early modern period, western Europe was transformed by the proliferation of new worlds—geographic worlds found in the voyages of discovery and conc