Spanish Books in the Europe of the Enlightenment (Paris and London): A View from Abroad

xiv, 356 pp.
ISBN: 978-90-04-34310-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 64, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Library of the Written Word

In Spanish Books in the Europe of the Enlightenment (Paris and London) Nicolás Bas examines the image of Spain in eighteenth-century Europe, and in Paris and London in particular. His material has been scoured from an exhaustive interrogation of the records of the book trade. He refers to booksellers’ catalogues, private collections, auctions, and other sources of information in order to reconstruct the country’s cultural image. Rarely have these sources been searched for Spanish books, and never have they been as exhaustively exploited as they are in Bas’ book.
Both England and France were conversant with some very negative ideas about Spain. The Black Legend, dating back to the sixteenth century, condemned Spain as repressive and priest-ridden. Bas shows however, that an alternative, more sympathetic, vision ran parallel with these negative views. His bibliographical approach brings to light the Spanish books that were bought, sold and ultimately read. The impression thus obtained is likely to help us understand not only Spain’s past, but also something of its present.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bas Martín, Nicolás

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Buchgeschichte, Bibliotheksgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Books that “Speak”: The Traces of Spain in the Catalogues of Parisian Booksellers of the Eighteenth Century
Introduction
1.1 From Manuscript to Printed Word: Following the Trail of Spanish Books
1.2 Books from Spain in Eighteenth-Century Paris
1.3 A Showcase for Spanish Books: The Bookshops of Paris
1.4 The Spanish Literary Canon from a Parisian Point of View
1.5 How Spanish Books Reached Paris: The Book Circuits
1.6 Conclusions

2 The Spain of Alatriste: Spanish Books in Eighteenth-Century London
Introduction
2.1 Spanish Books that Crossed the Channel
2.2 Don Quixote in English (1738)
2.3 Between the Strand and Grub Street: London’s World of Books
2.4 The Collecting of Spanish Books in London: The Bibliophiles
2.5 The Traces of Spanish Books in London: The Booksellers
2.6 By Way of Conclusion

Final Conclusions

Appendix 1:Spanish Books in Parisian Bookshops
Appendix 2:Catalogues of Parisian Booksellers of Eighteenth-century Paris
Appendix 3:London Bookshops with Stocks of Spanish Books
Appendix 4:Formats of Spanish Books
Appendix 5:London Booksellers Containing Spanish Books

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nicolás Bas Martín. Ph.D. (2000), a Professor of the Department of History of Science and Science Information at the University of Valencia in Spain, has published works on the history of books in Spain and Europe during the eighteenth century.