Johann Froben, Printer of Basel

A Biographical Profile and Catalogue of His Editions

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Valentina Sebastiani
In Johann Froben, Printer of Basel, Valentina Sebastiani offers a comprehensive account of the life and printing production of Froben, a major representative of early modern Europe’s most refined printing traditions. Some five centuries after they first appeared in print, Sebastiani provides a bibliography of the 329 Froben editions published in Basel between 1491 and 1527 (including an analysis of some 2,500 copies held in more than twenty-five libraries worldwide), listing the paratextual and visual elements that distinguish Froben’s books as well as economic, technical, and editorial details related to their production and distribution. Sebastiani’s study sheds new light on Froben’s family and career, his involvement in the editing and publication of Erasmus’ works, and the strategies he adopted to market them successfully.
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2018
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978-90-04-36031-0
Publication date:
12 Mar 2018
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Publisher ISBN:
978-90-04-36030-3
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16 Apr 2018
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Valentina Sebastiani, Ph.D. (2010), Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, has worked as postdoctoral researcher at universities and libraries in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. She has published extensively on Erasmus of Rotterdam and the history of printing.
“This bio-bibliography is indispensable for both book historians and antiquarian bookdealers.” Frans A. Janssen, University of Amsterdam (emeritus). In: Quaerendo, Vol. 49, No. 1 (March 2019), pp. 83–85.

“Sebastiani’s work is important and accurate, and it will be an important book for ages.”
Michaela Valente, Università del Molise, Italy. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 50, No. 3 (Fall 2019), pp. 870–872.

“Thanks to Valentina Sebastiani, Johann Froben has received his due. […] Sebastiani’s meticulous research sheds light on Froben’s career as no scholar has done before. She prefaces an expansive bibliography of Froben’s output with a substantial introductory essay that serves as a business history of the celebrated printer. […] Book historians will immediately appreciate Sebastiani’s accomplishment. Her catalogue represents a valuable bibliographical tool for research.”
Hilmar M. Pabel, Simon Fraser University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 72, No. 4 (Winter 2019), pp. 1498–1499.

List of Figures

Introduction

Johann Froben: Printer of Basel (c. 1460–1527)



1 Johann Froben’s Early Life and Career (c. 1460–1512)
 1.1 From Hammelburg to Basel by Way of Nuremberg
 1.2 First Publications (1491–1500)
 1.3 Germany’s Best and Most Skillful Printers

2 The Privilege of Publishing Erasmus (1513–1527)
 2.1 The Opportune Moment
 2.2 The Rise of a European Scholarly Publishing House (1514–1516)
 2.3 The “Regnum Muliebre” in Froben’s Printing-House
 2.4 Erasmus or Luther?
 2.5 Erasmus’ Authority in the Froben Printing-House
 2.6 Epilogue

The Catalogue of Johann Froben’s Publications (1491–1527)



Note on the Catalogue

Catalogue

Editions Doubtfully Ascribed To Johann Froben

Illustrations. Title Page Border Frames

Illustrations. Printer’s Devices

Bibliography on Johann Froben
Bibliography
Index of Authors, Commentators, Contributors, Editors, Translators
Index of Works
Index of the Catalogue (GW, ISTC, USTC, VD16, Bezz. Eras.)
Index of Title Page Border Frames
Index of Printer’s Devices
Index of Libraries and Archives

Historians of the Book, Renaissance and Reformation, bibliographers and librarians, and students and scholars interested in the history of printing in early modern Europe.
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