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Cover illustration: Minerva with a printing press. Detail from Jacob van der Schley, âAllegory of the art of printingâ. Frontispiece for Prosper Marchand, Histoire de lâorigine et des prémiers progrès de lâimprimerie (The Hague: Pieter Paupie, 1740). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam RP-P-OB-67.367. See illustration 0.1 for full frontispiece.
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Names: Lamal, Nina, editor. | Cumby, Jamie, editor. | Helmers, Helmer J., 1977âeditor.
Title: Print and power in early modern Europe (1500â1800) / edited by Nina Lamal, Jamie Cumby, Helmer J. Helmers.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Library of the written word, 1874â4834 ; volume 92 | Includes index. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021013315 (print) | LCCN 2021013316 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004448889 (hardback ; acid-free paper) | ISBN 9789004448896 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Printing â Europe â History. | Printing â Political aspects â Europe â History. | Communication in politics â Europe â History. | Religion and religious literature â Europe â History.
Classification: LCC Z124 .P8625 2021 (print) | LCC Z124 (ebook) | DDC 686.2094 â dc23
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ISSN 1874-4834
ISBN 978-90-04-44888-9 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-44889-6 (e-book)
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