Series | Disclosing Collections
Catalogue | Indexing the Early Modern Printed Image
Chapter | Preface
Preface
Abstract
This is an important book which explores the relationship of text and image with special reference to printing in Renaissance Lyon, approaching it in the context of the latest research in Digital Humanities. With the second largest output of printed books in France in the Renaissance, a wide distribution throughout Europe and a pioneering role in illustration, Lyon offers a remarkable range of editions by which to measure the evolution of publishing strategies across the early modern period. The remarkable success of Lyonnais printing might seem surprising in a city without a university or a parlement, but can be explained by the city’s strategic position on the frontiers of Italy, Germany and Switzerland, a focus of European fairs, and a crossroads of international trade routes, where wealthy cosmopolitan merchants diversified their business by investing in publishing.
Submitted: Oct. 25, 2024 | Published Nov. 28, 2024 | Language: en
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