Leuven, Peeters, 2008 Softcover, 155 x 240mm., 369pp., b/w illustration. ISBN 9789042921108.
This analytical bibliography, compiled with the support of the University of Antwerp, represents a first, important step toward broader studies concerning the nature, function, and significance of propagandistic materials that have been printed and distributed since the seventeenth century in connection with pilgrimage sites in the Southern Netherlands. Two and a half centuries (from 1600 to 1850) of publications are documented. This is an intriguing period for such a study because Catholic clergy made great use of printed propaganda materials for their (often successful) attempts to revitalize pilgrimages as part of the Counter-Reformation. Consequently, there was a new surge of such publications in the Southern Netherlands as of 1600 that prevailed until the early nineteenth century, when changing ecclesiastical views of how one should experience the Catholic faith led many local clergy to publish new types of pilgrimage books. As tens of thousands of pilgrimage texts were printed in this period, only one essential sub-group of these publications could be featured here, namely those related to Marian pilgrimage sites in the current provinces of Antwerp, Vlaams-Brabant, and the county of Brussels. The resulting bibliography reflects the holdings of numerous collections and provides, for each publication whenever possible, a full transcription of the title page, the collation of the book, and notes on whether or not illustrations, dedicatory texts, and personal notations by previous owners are present. This work consequently provides a useful base of knowledge for those interested in a wide variety of topics pertaining both to the production of devotional literature and the extensive popular hold these pilgrimage sites had on people in and beyond the Southern Netherlands. New book.
BOWEN Karen - Maurice BRONSELAER - Ria FABRI - Dirk IMHOF - Hildegard Van De VELDE ( cataloguers ) :
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2. Antwerpen, Museum Rockox, KBC - bank, 2005, in-8°, vierkant formaat, 189 pp, genaaid, orig. slappe kaft. Catalogus gepubliceerd naar aanleiding van een tentoonstelling.
Leuven, Peeters, 2008, format in-8°, 369 pp. softcover.
, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2025 Hardcover, Pages: 404 pp. Size:220 x 280 mm, Illustrations:170 col., 8 tables b/w. Language English. . ISBN 9781915487070.
This is an essential, novel study of the distribution networks, pricing standards, and astounding volume of sales that characterized a vital component of the European print trade in the Early Modern Period, as revealed by the exceptional records of the Plantin-Moretus Press of Antwerp.- The European print trade is an evocative topic. Not only art historians, but social, cultural, and economic historians all agree that it was of vital importance in the Early Modern Period, as the conveyer of established icons, as well as the most recent imagery and news. Yet, thus far it is often discussed solely on the basis of tantalizing, isolated case studies. Bowen and Imhof?s ground-breaking publication will address this significant lacuna by demonstrating in unprecedented detail how booksellers were routinely engaged in the extensive international distribution and sale of hundreds of thousands of prints annually between the mid-sixteenth and mid-seventeenth centuries. Based upon the exceptionally well-preserved archives of the renowned Plantin-Moretus Press of Antwerp, this book presents the often-overlooked interwoven worlds of booksellers and print sellers, while documenting Antwerp?s continued fame for the production and distribution of prints. Together with a remarkable array of clients, ranging from the cultivated and influential elite to ordinary laymen, these figures provide palpable examples of suppliers, buyers, and middlemen that reveal how they interacted with one another. Simultaneously, this work illuminates numerous critical related topics, ranging from how prints were priced and the relative quantities in which they were sold, to the importance of national and professional networks in these transactions. The result is an essential, novel study that clarifies how the print trade worked in practice during a burgeoning period in its evolution. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Prices and Presentation: A Consideration of Coloring, Supports, and Sales of Prints in Bulk Chapter 3. Christopher Plantin: From Print Dealer to Middleman and Courier Service Chapter 4. The Moretuses and the Print Trade Chapter 5. Family Ties and the Print Trade: The Extended Galle Family Chapter 6. A Spectrum of Print Dealers in Antwerp Chapter 7. The Demand for Prints from Antwerp, Far and Near Chapter 8. The Prospering Print Trade in Cologne Chapter 9. The Importance of the Frankfurt Fairs for the Print Trade in Seventeenth-Century Europe Chapter 10. Epilogue: Onwards into the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century Appendix 1. Print Publishers and the Prints They Sold via the Officina Plantiniana Appendix 2. Individuals Who Purchased Prints via the Officina Plantiniana Tables of Print Prices Bibliography Index