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This volume provides the first transnational overview of the relationship between translation and the book trade in early modern Europe. Following an introduction to the theories and practices of translation in early modern Europe, and to the role played by translated books in driving and defining the trade in printed books, each chapter focuses on a different aspect of translated-book history - language learning, audience, printing, marketing, and censorship - across several national traditions. This study touches on a wide range of early modern figures who played myriad roles in the book world; many of them also performed these roles in different countries and languages. Topics treated include printers' sensitivity to audience demand; paratextual and typographical techniques for manipulating perception of translated texts; theories of readership that travelled across borders; and the complex interactions between foreign-language teachers, teaching manuals, immigration, diplomacy, and exile.

Book industries and trade --- Translations --- Books and reading --- 094 =03 --- 094 "15/17" --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- Book trade --- Cultural industries --- Manufacturing industries --- 094 =03 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Vertaald. Vertaling --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Vertaald. Vertaling --- History. --- Publishing --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--?"15/17" --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Book history --- Europe --- Translating and interpreting --- Language and culture --- Culture and language --- Culture --- Interpretation and translation --- Interpreting and translating --- Language and languages --- Translation and interpretation --- Translators --- History --- Publishing&delete& --- Translating --- E-books

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The untold story of the greatest library of the Renaissance and its creator Hernando Colón This engaging book offers the first comprehensive account of the extraordinary projects of Hernando Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, which culminated in the creation of the greatest library of the Renaissance, with ambitions to be universal--that is, to bring together copies of every book, on every subject and in every language. Pérez Fernández and Wilson-Lee situate Hernando's projects within the rapidly changing landscape of early modern knowledge, providing a concise history of the collection of information and the origins of public libraries, examining the challenges he faced and the solutions he devised. The two authors combine "meticulous research with deep and original thought," shedding light on the history of libraries and the organization of knowledge. The result is an essential reference text for scholars of the early modern period, and for anyone interested in the expansion and dissemination of information and knowledge.

Libraries --- History --- Colón, Fernando, --- 1400-1600 --- Spain.