Cover illustration: Engraving of the Vesuvius mid-eruption. From Giovanni Apolloni, Il Vesuvio Ardente (Naples: Egidio Longo, 1632). The text in the scroll is Isaia 33:13: “Sentiranno coloro che sono lontani quanto ho fatto, sapranno i vicini qual è la mia forza”. (“You who are far away, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge my power”). Naples, Private Collection.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Incollingo, Laura, author.
Title: Political engagement and popular print in Spanish Naples (1503–1707) / by Laura Incollingo.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024. | Series: Library of the written word, 1874–4834 ; volume 130 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024026421 (print) | LCCN 2024026422 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004549395 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004549401 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Publishers and publishing—Italy—Naples (Kingdom)—History—16th century. | Publishers and publishing—Italy—Naples (Kingdom)—History—17th century. | Printing—Italy—Naples (Kingdom)—History—16th century. | Printing—Italy—Naples (Kingdom)—History—17th century. | Street literature—Italy—Naples (Kingdom)—History and criticism. | Books and reading—Italy—Naples (Kingdom)—History. | Naples (Kingdom)—History—Spanish rule, 1442–1707.
Classification: LCC Z345.3.N37 I53 2024 (print) | LCC Z345.3.N37 (ebook) | DDC 070.50945/709031—dc23/eng/20240819
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024026421
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024026422
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ISSN 1874-4834
ISBN 978-90-04-54939-5 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-54940-1 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004549401
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