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Publishing Sacrobosco's de Sphaera in Early Modern Europe : Modes of Material and Scientific Exchange.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Valleriani, Matteo.
Other Authors: Ottone, Andrea.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Editors and Contributors
  • 1 Printers, Publishers, and Sellers: Actors in the Process of Consolidation of Epistemic Communities in the Early Modern Academic World
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Printers as a Collective Body of Actors
  • 3 Production
  • 4 Distribution
  • 5 Consumption
  • 6 Modes of Production of Early Modern Scientific Textbooks
  • 7 Continuities and Further Research
  • References
  • 2 Printerly Ingenuity and Mathematical Books in the Early Estienne Workshop
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Printer's Ingenuity and Mathematical Books
  • 3 Astronomical Practice in Frontispieces
  • 4 Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • References
  • 3 Erhard Ratdolt's Edition of Sacrobosco's Tractatus de sphaera: A New Editorial Model in Venice?
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Before Erhard Ratdolt: Sacrobosco in Italy
  • 2 Erhard Ratdolt's Editions in the Venetian Context
  • 2.1 Renner Versus Ratdolt
  • 2.2 Ratdolt's Reinterpretation of Sacrobosco's Tractatus de sphaera
  • 2.3 Sacrobosco and the Italo-German Comparison
  • 2.4 Ratdolt's Reinterpretation
  • 2.5 An Actualization of the Tractatus de sphaera
  • 3 Diffusion and Reinterpretation of Ratdolt's Editorial Model
  • 3.1 Diffusion of Ratdolt's Editions in Europe
  • 3.2 Adaptations of Ratdolt's Model
  • 3.3 Model Replaced: Sacrobosco's Posterity in Venice and in Europe
  • 4 Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 Printers, Booksellers, and Bookbinders in Wittenberg in the Sixteenth Century: Real Estate, Vicinity, Political, and Cultural Activities
  • 1 Wittenberg: An Intellectual Center in the Sixteenth Century
  • 2 Printers, Booksellers, and Bookbinders in Wittenberg: An Overview on Their Real Estate
  • 2.1 Publishers, Printers, Booksellers, and Bookbinders
  • 3 Wittenberg Printers of the Sphaera and Their Real Estate
  • 4 Examples of Vicinities: Hints to Social and Professional Networks.
  • 5 Samuel Selfisch
  • 6 Printers, Bookbinders, and Booksellers as Members of the Town Council
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Appendix: List of Houses Mentioned in the Text
  • References
  • 5 Scholars, Printers, and the Sphere: New Evidence for the Challenging Production of Academic Books in Wittenberg, 1531-1550
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Printers, Publishers, and Payments
  • 3 Printing for the University of Wittenberg: Texts Between Intellectual and Economic Ambitions
  • 4 Melanchthon's Close Ties to the Book Industry
  • 5 Printing the Sphaera
  • 6 Prices, Print Runs, and the Wittenberg Set of Woodblocks
  • 7 Conclusion-Of Beasts, Harpies, and Men Made of Iron
  • References
  • 6 Sacrobosco at the Book Fairs, 1576-1624: The Pedagogical Marketplace
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Novi, emendatiores, auctiores ("New, Improved, Enlarged"): The modus operandi of Fairs and Its Effect on Publishing Practices
  • 3 Scholastica: Lutheran Pedagogy, the Reformed Academies, and the Jesuits
  • 4 The Clavius Factor: Basa and Ciotti
  • 5 Lyon and St. Gervais
  • 6 The Owl of Minerva and the cursus philosophicus: Mareschal and Morisanus
  • 7 Some Conclusions
  • References
  • 7 The Iberian and New World Circulation of Sacrobosco's Sphaera in the Early Modern Period
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 On the Distribution of the Tractatus de sphaera in the Iberian Peninsula (1472-1650)
  • 2.1 Printers and Publishers of the Tractatus de sphaera in the Iberian Peninsula (1472-1650): Latin Editions
  • 2.2 Printers and Publishers of the Tractatus de sphaera in the Iberian Peninsula (1472-1650): Editions in the Vernacular Languages
  • 3 On the Circulation of Sacrobosco's Text in the Iberian Peninsula via Inventories of Bookshops and Libraries (1472-1650)
  • 4 On the Circulation of the Tractatus de sphaera in America (1472-1650)
  • 5 Conclusions
  • References.
  • 8 The Giunta's Publishing and Distributing Network and Their Supply to the European Academic Market
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Building an International Network
  • 3 Sorting Out a Publishing Strategy
  • 4 Maintaining a Profitable Business: The Social Profiling of the Giunta's Customers Through an Assessment of Costs and Prices
  • 5 A Network of Information
  • 6 The Giunta as Publishers of the Sphaera
  • 7 Conclusions
  • References
  • 9 Mathematical Books in Paris (1531-1563): The Development of Publishing Strategies in a Competitive International Market
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Parisian Mathematical Books in an International Context
  • 2.1 The Parisian Book Market and Its International Openness
  • 2.2 The Circulation of Parisian Mathematical Books: A Few Clues
  • 2.3 Toward a European Regulation of Production?
  • 3 The Case of Guillaume Cavellat: A Publishing Strategy Centered on Mathematical Books
  • 3.1 Cavellat's Status Within the Parisian Book Trade
  • 3.2 The Constitution of a Catalogue
  • 3.3 Cavellat's Collaborators
  • 4 The Importance of Being Stylish
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 10 Paratexts, Printers, and Publishers: Book Production in Social Context
  • 1 Premise
  • 2 The Research Question
  • 3 The Corpus
  • 4 Methodological Considerations
  • 5 The Network
  • 6 Interpretation
  • 6.1 Geographical Distribution
  • 6.2 Validation and Corroboration for Local Cooperation
  • 6.3 Validation and Corroboration for Transregional Awareness
  • 7 Conclusions and Outlook
  • References
  • 11 The Sphaera in Jesuit Education
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Early Years of Jesuit Education
  • 3 Clavius: The Academy of Mathematics and Sphaera Commentary
  • 4 Clavius' Publisher and Jesuit Printing Policy
  • 5 Dedications and a Venetian Publisher
  • 6 Clavius' Proposals for Jesuit Mathematical Education
  • 7 In Defense of Mathematics.
  • 8 Perera's Dismissal of Mathematics
  • 9 The Ratio Studiorum of 1599
  • 10 Mathematics Instruction after 1599
  • 11 Conclusion
  • References
  • 12 Printing Sacrobosco in Leipzig, 1488-ca. 1521: Local Markets and University Publishing
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The "Leipzig Sacrobosco"
  • 3 The Alma Mater Lipsiensis as a Local Market for the Sphaera
  • 4 The Leipzig Sacrobosco Commentaries
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 13 Publishing Mathematical Books of Parisian Calculatores (1508-1515)
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Pedro Sánchez Ciruelo and His Mathematical Program (1492-1500)
  • 2.1 Ciruelo's Arrival in Paris and His Mathematical Books
  • 2.2 Guy Marchant, Publisher of Ciruelo's Mathematical Books
  • 2.3 Jean Petit and Guy Marchant
  • 3 The Parisian Current of the Calculatores and Its Publishers (1508-1515)
  • 3.1 Republishing Ciruelo's Arithmetical Texts Before the Calculatores
  • 3.2 The Parisian Calculatores and the Colleges of Iberian Tradition
  • 3.3 Publishers of Mathematical Books During the Calculatores Current
  • 4 The End of the Calculatores Current
  • References
  • Index.

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