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 European Union |
International Conference
Selling & Collecting
Printed Book Sale Catalogues and Private Libraries
in Early Modern Europe
Biblioteca Universitaria di Cagliari, Sala settecentesca
Cagliari, 20-21 September 2017
Wednesday, September 20
(Cittadella dei Musei, Aula Roberto Coroneo – Piazza Arsenale, 1)
16:00 – 16:30 Greetings from the authorities
Angela Nuovo (University of Udine), Introduction to the conference
16:30 – 19:00 (Chair Angela Nuovo, University of Udine)
- Pedro M. Catedra (University of Salamanca), The bookshop as a source for the ideal library: a long-awaited library at the beginning of the sixteenth century
- Graziano Ruffini (University of Florence), Une vente de livres à Gênes en 1583
- Giovanna Granata (University of Cagliari), The library of the Sardinian jurist Monserrat Rosselló
- Pedro Rueda (University of Barcelona), La venta de libros italianos en Madrid en tiempos de Felipe II: el catálogo de Simone Vassalini
Thursday, September 21
(Biblioteca Universitaria di Cagliari, Sala settecentesca – Via Università, 32)
9:00 – 9:30 Greetings from the authorities
9:30 – 11:00 (Chair Paul F. Gehl, The Newberry Library, Chicago)
- Christian Coppens (University of Leuven), Advertising the printed book in the sixteenth century
- Giliola Barbero (University of Udine), Ordinary and extraordinary prices in Giolito’s catalogues
- Goran Proot (University of Udine), Parisian book prices in the 1540s published in bookseller’s catalogues
11:00 –11:30 Coffe Break
11:30 –13:00 (Chair Kevin Stevens, University of Nevada, Reno)
- Flavia Bruni (ICCU), Peace at the Lily. An evaluation of the De Franceschi press through the stockbook of Bernardo Giunti
- Francesco Ammannati (University of Udine), Book prices and monetary issues in Renaissance Europe
- Giles Mandelbrote (Lambeth Palace Library), Catalogues, booksellers and the Frankfurt fair, c. 1600
13:30-15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:30 (Chair Stephen Parkin, British Library)
- Emanuele Lacca (University of South Bohemia), ‘Cosas muy nuevas y de grandisima dificultad’. The library of the Spanish humanist Fernan Pérez de Oliva (1494-1531)
- Alessandra Panzanelli (University of Oxford), Building an up-to-date library: Prospero Podiani’s use of booksellers’ catalogues, with special reference to law books
- Anna Corrias (University of Cagliari), Book hunting in seventeenth-century England: Lord Edward Conway (1594-1655) and his library
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:00 (Chair Giovanna Granata, University of Cagliari)
- Laura Usalla (University of Cagliari), The catalogues of the database “Biblioteche filosofiche private in età moderna e contemporanea” (Private philosophical libraries in the modern and contemporary Europe). A source for the history of the book
- Andrea Orsucci (University of Cagliari), Book trade, private libraries and interpretation of texts