Early Modern Print Culture in Central Europe – Postconference book
The volume brought together twelve texts devoted to Early Modern Print Culture in Central Europe. The idea behind it was to discuss the development and complexities inherent in the printing of books — an initially revolutionary way of building up international communication networks in this important region. An international group of researchers involved in the project took on board a wide array of subjects ranging from the first books printed at the end of the 15th century in Central Europe (the first printing press in the region was established in 1473 in Cracow, Poland), through the contacts between Western, Central and Eastern Europe thriving in the 16th and 17th centuries, to the books about newly emergent sciences in the 18th century. Bringing in their various interests and perspectives, the contributors illuminate the vast chronological scope and undeniable variety of print culture in Early Modern Central Europe.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Stefan KIEDROŃ, Anna-Maria RIMM, Introduction | 7
- Gábor Farkas FARKAS, Chronica Hungarorum: The First Printed Book in Hungary (Buda, 1473) | 11
- Karolina MROZIEWICZ, Illustrated Books on History and Their Role in the Identity-Building Processes: The Case of Hungary (1488–1700) | 21
- Dominic OLARIU, The Misfortune of Philippus de Lignamine’s Herbal, or New Research Perspectives in Herbal Illustrations from an Iconological Point of View | 39
- Krisztina PÉTER, The News-Writer and the Chronicler | 63
- Tobias BUDKE, A Network and Its Book Gifts: The Case of Mikołaj Radziwiłł “Czarny” | 79
- Agnieszka PATAŁA, Officina Plantiniana and Breslau in the 16th Century: The Acquisition of Books | 93
- Vojtěch ŠÍCHA, 16th-Century Bohemian Old Prints in the Tschammer Library in Cieszyn | 111
- Giuseppe PERRI, Print Culture in Early Modern Ukraine and Its Ukrainian Historiography | 125
- Raman VORANAU, The Belarusian Printing Pioneer Francišak Skaryna: The Early Modern Hero in Later National Interpretations | 139
- Mariana ČENTÉŠOVÁ, Selected 17th-Century Prints in the Szirmay Library Preserved in the Fund of the Collegiate Historical Library in Prešov | 149
- Christine WATSON, A Letter from the King of Poland to His Queen: News about the Siege on Vienna in 1683 | 163
- Jan IVANEGA, Hydriatria nova, Hydriatria recusa and Ursprung des Lebens: On the History of the Schwarzenberg Book Patronage | 179
- List of Illustrations | 189
- Illustrations | 191
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