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Zusatztext a cause for celebration ... one of the most welcome books on the early modern book trade to appear in recent years ... Written with great economy and verve, it is brimful with original evidence ... Pollard gives many leads for further research ... her book sets the highest standards for its successors. Klappentext This is the first book to examine the Irish book trade as exemplified by the bookselling practices of Dublin. Previous studies have focused mainly on the English trade discussing Irish practices only as a footnote. This study focuses on Ireland, and draws on a wealth of material including daybooks, imprints, advertisements, and books themselves to build a detailed picture of the fortunes and practices of Irish bookselling. Pollard not only discusses relations with London, but looks in detail at the market at home, the structure and economic background of the Dublin trade, what books were published, and for whom. In addition, Pollard examines the significant expansion of the book trade during the 18th century, and provides the first survey of imports and exports revealing just how many books entered Ireland, and the supply of Dublin books to overseas markets. Zusammenfassung The Irish book trade has hitherto been viewed as a footnote to the English trade. This is the first book-length study of Irish bookselling practices, particularly those of Dublin, in their own right. The study draws on a wealth of material - daybooks, imprints, advertisements, and the books themselves - to build up a detailed picture of the fortunes and practices of Irish bookselling.The English book trade bore heavily on the Irish, especially in the areas of legal restraints and censorship. Interestingly, there are documented instances of book-smuggling to Britain. But the study does not concentrate solely on relations with London: it looks at the market at home, the structure and economic background to the Dublin trade, and at what books were published and for whom. In particular, it examines the significant expansion of the book trade during the eighteenth century, and surveys imports and exports for the first time. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of tables; List of graphs; Abbreviations; Legal restraints and censorship 100-1800; Bookselling before 1700; Implications of the Copyright Act: Dublin's relations with London; Prices, exports, imports The Dublin book trade and the home market; Appendix; List of sources; Index...
