LEADER 04783nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910465487103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-06532-8 010 $a0-674-06872-6 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674065321 035 $a(CKB)2560000000082509 035 $a(OCoLC)794003580 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10568011 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000658534 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11955739 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000658534 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10692149 035 $a(PQKB)11605223 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301068 035 $a(DE-B1597)178199 035 $a(OCoLC)840447209 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674065321 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301068 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10568011 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000082509 100 $a20111028d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aScholarship, commerce, religion$b[electronic resource] $ethe learned book in the age of confessions, 1560-1630 /$fIan Maclean 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (397 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-06208-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tConventions of Transcription --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tChapter one. Setting the Scene --$tChapter two. In Medias Res: A Literary Agent in Frankfurt, 1606-1615 --$tChapter three. Authors, Fields, and Genres --$tChapter four. Labor, Impensa, Emolumentum: The Publisher of Learned Books --$tChapter five. Controlling the Market: Temporal and Ecclesiastical Authorities --$tChapter six. Sellers and Purchasers: Markets, Distribution, and Collection- Building --$tChapter seven. The Rise and Fall of the Learned Book Market, 1560-1630 --$tChapter eight. Postscript: Then and Now --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aA decade ago in the Times Literary Supplement, Roderick Conway Morris claimed that "almost everything that was going to happen in book publishing-from pocket books, instant books and pirated books, to the concept of author's copyright, company mergers, and remainders-occurred during the early days of printing." Ian Maclean's colorful survey of the flourishing learned book trade of the late Renaissance brings this assertion to life. The story he tells covers most of Europe, with Frankfurt and its Fair as the hub of intellectual exchanges among scholars and of commercial dealings among publishers. The three major religious confessions jostled for position there, and this rivalry affected nearly all aspects of learning. Few scholars were exempt from religious or financial pressures. Maclean's chosen example is the literary agent and representative of international Calvinism, Melchior Goldast von Haiminsfeld, whose activities included opportunistic involvement in the political disputes of the day. Maclean surveys the predicament of underfunded authors, the activities of greedy publishing entrepreneurs, the fitful interventions of regimes of censorship and licensing, and the struggles faced by sellers and buyers to achieve their ends in an increasingly overheated market. The story ends with an account of the dramatic decline of the scholarly book trade in the 1620's, and the connivance of humanist scholars in the values of the commercial world through which they aspired to international recognition. Their fate invites comparison with today's writers of learned books, as they too come to terms with new technologies and changing academic environments. 606 $aScholarly publishing$zEurope$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aScholarly publishing$zEurope$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aBook industries and trade$zEurope$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aBook industries and trade$zEurope$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aCommunication in learning and scholarship$zEurope$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aCommunication in learning and scholarship$zEurope$xHistory$y17th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScholarly publishing$xHistory 615 0$aScholarly publishing$xHistory 615 0$aBook industries and trade$xHistory 615 0$aBook industries and trade$xHistory 615 0$aCommunication in learning and scholarship$xHistory 615 0$aCommunication in learning and scholarship$xHistory 676 $a070.5094/09031 700 $aMaclean$b Ian$f1945-$0192458 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465487103321 996 $aScholarship, commerce, religion$92447516 997 $aUNINA