2.3
Aurelius Augustinus, De civitate Dei [Bernard Richel, Michel Wenssler], Basel 1479. Copy: Universitätsbibliothek Basel, Handschriftenmagazin, Inc 608
2.4
Sixtus IV, Letter of indulgences for Freiburg i. Br. [Michel Wenssler], Basel 1479. Copy: Kungliga Bibilioteket—Sveriges Nationalbibliotek Stockholm, Inkunabel 1398
2.5
Nicolò de Tudeschi, Lectura super quinque libros Decretalium [M. Wenssler, B. Ruppel, B. Richel], Basel 1477. Copy: Universitätsbibliothek Basel, Handschriftenmagazin, Np I 4
2.6
Overall printing output of Michel Wenssler’s workshop (based on the GW)
2.7
Progression of Michel Wenssler’s debts from 1472 to 1491 (based on Vergichtbücher)
2.8
Aggregated view of progression of output and debts (lb) of Wenssler’s Basel workshop between 1472 and 1491
2.9
Imprints published by Wenssler according to page format
2.10
Non-datable imprints according to page format
4.1
Cities in Hernando Colón’s book purchases
4.2
Distribution of book prices in Colón’s purchases
4.3
The subject matter of Colón’s purchases compared to the USTC
4.4
Book prices 1460 through 1618
4.5
Prices for 25 sheets
5.1
Gerardus Ioannes Vossius, De theologia gentili et physiologia christiana (Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1668). Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, 2 Dogm. 354-1/2
5.2
Gerardus Ioannes Vossius, De theologia gentili et physiologia christiana (Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1668). Austrian National Library, scanned by Google
5.3
Willem Baudartius, Les gverres de Nassav (Amsterdam: M. Colin, 1616). National Library of the Netherlands, 357F36
5.4
Lambertus Hortensius, Het Boeck D. Lamberts Hortensii […] Van den oproer der Weder-Dooperen (Enchuysen: J.L. Meyn, 1614). National Library of the Netherlands, 942A14:2
6.1
A still-bolted quarto showing the location of selected pre-purchase pleas
6.2
A still-bolted octavo showing the location of selected pre-purchase pleas
6.3
The pre-purchase plea in Gabriel Harvey’s The Trimming of Thomas Nashe, A1v, from RB 61318, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California
7.1Przewodnik, abo Kościołów krakowskich i rzeczy w nich widzenia i wiedzenia godnych krotkie opisanie (Krakow: Jakub Siebeneicher, 1603). Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa, SDXVII.1.1154
7.2Przewodnik, abo Kościołów krakowskich i rzeczy w nich widzenia i wiedzenia godnych krotkie opisanie (Krakow: Jakub Siebeneicher, 1603). Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa, SDXVII.1.1154
7.3Przewodnik, abo Kościołów krakowskich i rzeczy w nich widzenia i wiedzenia godnych krotkie opisanie (Krakow: Jakub Siebeneicher, 1603). Warsaw, Biblioteka Publiczna miasta stołecznego Warszawy, XVII.1.85
7.4Stołecznego miasta Krakowa kościoły i klejnoty (Krakow: Franciszek Cezary, 1647). Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa, SDXVII.3.2521
7.5Klejnotów duchownych Stołecznego Miasta Krakowa Aukcyja Znamienita (Krakow: Franciszek Cezary młodszy, post 1711). Krakow, Biblioteka Naukowa PAU i PAN, PAU st. Dr. 529 adl.
9.1
Average annual growth rate (in number of editions)
9.2
Most popular genres in Lyon by decade
9.3
Cash flow by industry
9.4Livre de Raison: total funds by industry
9.5
Chronological distribution of the inventory
9.6
Number of printing contracts with recorded funds
9.7
Total funds recorded from printing contracts
9.8
Land use patterns for rural holdings of Lyon residents, ca. 1518
9.9
Urban vs. rural land-related documents
10.1
Robert Estienne, Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (Paris: Robert Estienne, 1543), Blickling Hall, f. 621r. Reproduced with the authorization of the National Trust of England, Blickling Estate
10.2
Robert Estienne, Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (Paris: Robert Estienne, 1543), Blickling Hall, f. 622r. Reproduced with the authorization of the National Trust of England, Blickling Estate
10.3
Robert Estienne, Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (Paris: Robert Estienne, 1543), Blickling Hall, f. 177r. Reproduced with the authorization of the National Trust of England, Blickling Estate
10.4
Robert Estienne, Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (Paris: Robert Estienne, 1543), Blickling Hall, f. 482r. Reproduced with the authorization of the National Trust of England, Blickling Estate
11.1a–b
Title pages of Martin Luther, Haußpostil, Nürnberg 1549 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, 889210 2 Hom. 283, urn=urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10144042-5) and Mikołaj Rej, Świętych słów a spraw Pańskich, które tu sprawował Pan a Zbawiciel nasz (…) kronika albo Postylla, Krakow, 1557 (Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Krakow, Cim.F.8295)
11.2a–b
Title pages of Martin Luther, Hauspostil, Wittenberg 1552 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, sign. 889211 2 Hom. 284, urn=urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10144043-1) and the Polish translation of this work by Hieronim Malecki, Postylla domowa, Królewiec, 1556 (Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wrocław, shelf mark XVI.F.4177)
11.3
A page from the first edition of Jakub Wujek’s ‘bigger postil’ or Postylla katoliczna większa, Krakow, 1573 (Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wrocław, XVI.F.4120). The printer used a woodblock originally designed for a prayer book.
11.4
A woodcut by Jost Amman from the second edition of Jakub Wujek’s ‘bigger postil’ or Postylla katoliczna większa, Krakow, 1584 (Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, shelf mark XVI.F.4156)
11.5a–b
Pages from the Calvinist postil by Mikołaj Rej printed in Krakow in 1571 (left) and Jakub Wujek’s counter-reformational Postylla katoliczna mniejsza or the ‘smaller postil’ printed in the same city but by a different printer in 1590 (right) (Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Krakow, Cim.F.8295 and Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow, VIII–XVI.93)
11.6a–b
The first edition of Postylla katoliczna mniejsza or the ‘smaller postil’ by Jakub Wujek, in quarto (Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wrocław, XVI.Qu.1735)
11.7
Piotr Skarga, Kazania na niedziele i święta, Krakow 1595 (Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wrocław, XVI.F.4286)
11.8a–b
Title pages of Kazania dwojakie by Franciszek Rychłowski published in Krakow in 1672. The title page dated in 1695 is pasted over the original title (Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Krakow, Aug. 6112 and Cam.E.XV.6)
12.1
Partial reproduction of the act signed before notary Mariano Zapparrata of Palermo on 12 October 1628, concerning a contract between Francesco Ciotti and Leonardo Paulini for sale and bartering of books in Naples and elsewhere in Italy. Biblioteca Municipale, Treviso, ms. 1492, s. 2
12.2
Naples, 1628. Account of travelling costs. Biblioteca Municipale, Treviso, ms. 1492, s. 7
12.3
Naples, 1628: “Book bartering with Pietro Paulo Gallo”—“Books received in exchange”. Biblioteca Municipale, Treviso, ms. 1492, s. 8
12.4
Naples, 1628: Value measurement for book bartering by printed sheets. A sample entry. Biblioteca Municipale, Treviso, ms. 1492, s. 8
12.5
Rome, 1628: Final account of the bookselling trip to central Italy, including various expenses and money sent to Ciotti in Palermo; profit of book sales in Naples and Rome; unsold books. Biblioteca Municipale, Treviso, ms. 1492, s. 15
13.1
Herman Moll’s The Shires of Fife and Kinros (1732). Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland
13.2
Newspaper advertisement for sale of goods of bankrupt bookseller. The Scotsman, 8 January 1825
14.1
False by association. Wittenberg split over two lines. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich (BSB), 4 Hom. 1158. USTC 610282
14.2
False by association. Wittenberg on its own line. BSB, 4 Hom. 1185. USTC 610357
14.3
False by implication. A false Wittenberg imprint from Strasbourg with a truthful colophon. BSB, Hom. 2098 z. USTC 647263
14.4
False by implication. A false Wittenberg imprint from Haguenau with a truthful colophon. BSB, H.ref. 92. USTC 624444
14.5
Simple counterfeit. A counterfeit from Basel (left) compared to the Wittenberg original. BSB, Res/4 Polem. 1885#Beibd.1 and Res/4 Th.u. 103,V,8. USTC 703267 and 703265
14.6
Simple counterfeit. A false Wittenberg imprint from Augsburg. BSB, 4 Exeg. 484. USTC 633613
14.7
Simple counterfeit. A false Wittenberg imprint from Augsburg. BSB, 4 Polem. 1871. USTC 627551
14.8
Advanced counterfeit. A counterfeit from Augsburg (left) next to the Wittenberg original. BSB, Res/4 Th.u. 103,XIV,10 and Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:1-108767. USTC 700033 and 700034
14.9
Advanced counterfeit. A false imprint and copied border from Nuremberg (left) next to the original border from Wittenberg. BSB, Res/4 Th.u. 103,XXVI,23 a and Res/4 Th.u. 104,VII,37. USTC 700131 and 655628
14.10
A Wittenberg border featuring the Luther rose. BSB, 4 Polem. 1893#Beibd.1. USTC 626862
14.11
Copied borders by Ulhart in Augsburg. BSB, Res/4 Th.u. 103,I,1 and 4 Asc. 605. USTC 706627 and 609762
14.12
A border by Gutknecht in Nuremberg featuring the Luther rose. BSB, Res/4 Th.u. 103,XXXII,17. USTC 656115
14.13
The geographic distribution of Wittenberg counterfeits
15.1
Michiel van Hamont’s bookshop by literary category
15.2
Michiel van Hamont’s bookshop by language
15.3
Prohibited books in Hamont’s bookshop by literary category
15.4
Prohibited books in Hamont’s bookshop by language
17.1
Georg Willer’s Catalogus librorum musicalium variorum authorum (Augsburg: David Franck, 1622), title page (a) and first page (b). Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Res/4 Cat. 45 (12) [urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10888116-9]
17.2
Portrait of Georg Willer the Elder (ca. 1515–ca. 1594), ca. 1591. Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, Graphiksammlung 19/629
17.3a–3b
Comparison of the music section of Willer’s spring 1621 fair catalogue and the 1622 music stock catalogue. Figure 17.3a (top): Spring 1621 book fair catalogue, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Res/4 Cat. 45 (10) [urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10888114-8]. Figure 17.3b (bottom): Entries 30 to 32 of the 1622 music stock catalogue, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Res/4 Cat. 45 (12) [urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10888116-9]
17.4Ein newe Rähterschafft (Augsburg: Daniel Manasser, [1621]), 350 × 242 mm. Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, IE 187
19.1
Newspapers published in Germany, 1609–1650
19.2a–b
Longevity and disruption in the newspaper business, 1630–1639
19.3
The output of Germany’s most prolific print centres, 1600–1650
19.4
The publishing program of Thomas von Wiering
20.1
Advertisers in Amsterdam newspapers, 1636–1645. Each circle represents a city or town. The number in the circle represents the number of advertising booksellers and publishers from that location. The map is an extract of Johannes Janssonius, Belgii Foederati Nova Descriptio (Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius, 1658). Wikimedia Commons
23.1The Revd. T.F. Dibdin, engraved by James Thomson after Thomas Phillips, from Dibdin’s Continental tour, 2nd ed. 1829, privately owned
23.2The Bibliographical Decameron, vol. III, p. 123
23.3Bibliomania, 1811. Privately owned
23.4Dr Syntax at an auction, by Thomas Rowlandson. Privately owned
23.5The Gateway to St Andrews, from Dibdin’s Northern Tour. Privately owned
24.1
Halle’s first surviving letter to the GW, 27 September 1924. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin—Preußischer Kulturbesitz, GW archive
24.2
Letter from Halle to the GW announcing an unrecorded Articella edition, 14 November 1927. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin—Preußischer Kulturbesitz, GW archive
24.3
Broadsheet Titel des türkischen Kaisers, imprint: [München: Johann Schobser, c. 1500]; whereabouts of unique copy unknown. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin—Preußischer Kulturbesitz, GW archive
24.4Ars moriendi [German]. [Strasbourg: Johann Mentelin, not after 1468], fol. 1a; whereabouts of unique copy unknown. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin—Preußischer Kulturbesitz, GW archive
Tables
9.1
Movable goods
11.1
Polish vernacular postils published in the years 1556–1700
15.1
Brussels bookshops inspected by the Council of Troubles, 1569
16.1
Structure of Pasini’s bookshop inventory
19.1
Newly established newspapers, 1610–1660
19.2
Table of regional book and newspaper production, 1609–1650
20.1
Amsterdam Newspapers, 1639
20.2
1639 Book Advertisement Genres
20.3
Advertising booksellers in Amsterdam newspapers, 1636–1645
20.4
The Dutch book trade in relation to Amsterdam newspaper advertisements, 1636–1645
20.5
The number of advertising booksellers and publishers in the newspapers of Jan van Hilten and Broer Jansz, 1636–1645
20.6
Booksellers and publishers advertising in Amsterdam newspapers, 1636–1645