Fairs, Markets and the Itinerant Book Trade
Edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote
From the Frankfurt book fairs in the 16th century to the Farringdon Road barrows in the 20th, fairs and markets have played a crucial role in the circulation of books. In this volume leading book historians investigate the presence of the book trade in the streets and public spaces of Britain and continental Europe. The essays range across geographical as well as chronological frontiers to follow the movement of books, ideas and people.
Contributors: John Flood, Clive Griffin, Michael Harris, Ian Maclean, John Morris, Jeroen Salman and David Stoker.
Table of Contents
Introduction
List of Contributors
List of those attending the Conference
John L. Flood - 'Omnium totius orbis emporiorum compendium': the Frankfurt Fair in the early modern period
Clive Griffin - Itinerant Bookseller, Printers, and Pedlars in Sixteenth-Century Spain and Portugal
Ian Maclean - Murder, Debt and Retribution in the Italico-Franco-Spanish Book Trade: the Beraud-Michel-Ruiz affair, 1586-91
David Stoker - 'To all Bookseller, Country Chapmen, Hawkers and Others': how the population of East Anglia obtained its printed materials
Jeroen Salman - Watching the Pedlar's Movements: itinerant distribution in the urban Netherlands
John Morris - The Scottish Chapman
Michael Harris - The Book Trade in Public Spaces: London street booksellers, 1690-1850
