Publishing Sacrobosco's de Sphaera in Early Modern Europe : : Modes of Material and Scientific Exchange.

• Author: Valleriani, Matteo.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ottone, Andrea.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (497 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- 1 Printers, Publishers, and Sellers: Actors in the Process of Consolidation of Epistemic Communities in the Early Modern Academic World -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Printers as a Collective Body of Actors -- 3 Production -- 4 Distribution -- 5 Consumption -- 6 Modes of Production of Early Modern Scientific Textbooks -- 7 Continuities and Further Research -- References -- 2 Printerly Ingenuity and Mathematical Books in the Early Estienne Workshop -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Printer's Ingenuity and Mathematical Books -- 3 Astronomical Practice in Frontispieces -- 4 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 3 Erhard Ratdolt's Edition of Sacrobosco's Tractatus de sphaera: A New Editorial Model in Venice? -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Before Erhard Ratdolt: Sacrobosco in Italy -- 2 Erhard Ratdolt's Editions in the Venetian Context -- 2.1 Renner Versus Ratdolt -- 2.2 Ratdolt's Reinterpretation of Sacrobosco's Tractatus de sphaera -- 2.3 Sacrobosco and the Italo-German Comparison -- 2.4 Ratdolt's Reinterpretation -- 2.5 An Actualization of the Tractatus de sphaera -- 3 Diffusion and Reinterpretation of Ratdolt's Editorial Model -- 3.1 Diffusion of Ratdolt's Editions in Europe -- 3.2 Adaptations of Ratdolt's Model -- 3.3 Model Replaced: Sacrobosco's Posterity in Venice and in Europe -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Printers, Booksellers, and Bookbinders in Wittenberg in the Sixteenth Century: Real Estate, Vicinity, Political, and Cultural Activities -- 1 Wittenberg: An Intellectual Center in the Sixteenth Century -- 2 Printers, Booksellers, and Bookbinders in Wittenberg: An Overview on Their Real Estate -- 2.1 Publishers, Printers, Booksellers, and Bookbinders -- 3 Wittenberg Printers of the Sphaera and Their Real Estate -- 4 Examples of Vicinities: Hints to Social and Professional Networks.

5 Samuel Selfisch -- 6 Printers, Bookbinders, and Booksellers as Members of the Town Council -- 7 Conclusion -- Appendix: List of Houses Mentioned in the Text -- References -- 5 Scholars, Printers, and the Sphere: New Evidence for the Challenging Production of Academic Books in Wittenberg, 1531-1550 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Printers, Publishers, and Payments -- 3 Printing for the University of Wittenberg: Texts Between Intellectual and Economic Ambitions -- 4 Melanchthon's Close Ties to the Book Industry -- 5 Printing the Sphaera -- 6 Prices, Print Runs, and the Wittenberg Set of Woodblocks -- 7 Conclusion-Of Beasts, Harpies, and Men Made of Iron -- References -- 6 Sacrobosco at the Book Fairs, 1576-1624: The Pedagogical Marketplace -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Novi, emendatiores, auctiores ("New, Improved, Enlarged"): The modus operandi of Fairs and Its Effect on Publishing Practices -- 3 Scholastica: Lutheran Pedagogy, the Reformed Academies, and the Jesuits -- 4 The Clavius Factor: Basa and Ciotti -- 5 Lyon and St. Gervais -- 6 The Owl of Minerva and the cursus philosophicus: Mareschal and Morisanus -- 7 Some Conclusions -- References -- 7 The Iberian and New World Circulation of Sacrobosco's Sphaera in the Early Modern Period -- 1 Introduction -- 2 On the Distribution of the Tractatus de sphaera in the Iberian Peninsula (1472-1650) -- 2.1 Printers and Publishers of the Tractatus de sphaera in the Iberian Peninsula (1472-1650): Latin Editions -- 2.2 Printers and Publishers of the Tractatus de sphaera in the Iberian Peninsula (1472-1650): Editions in the Vernacular Languages -- 3 On the Circulation of Sacrobosco's Text in the Iberian Peninsula via Inventories of Bookshops and Libraries (1472-1650) -- 4 On the Circulation of the Tractatus de sphaera in America (1472-1650) -- 5 Conclusions -- References.

8 The Giunta's Publishing and Distributing Network and Their Supply to the European Academic Market -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Building an International Network -- 3 Sorting Out a Publishing Strategy -- 4 Maintaining a Profitable Business: The Social Profiling of the Giunta's Customers Through an Assessment of Costs and Prices -- 5 A Network of Information -- 6 The Giunta as Publishers of the Sphaera -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- 9 Mathematical Books in Paris (1531-1563): The Development of Publishing Strategies in a Competitive International Market -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Parisian Mathematical Books in an International Context -- 2.1 The Parisian Book Market and Its International Openness -- 2.2 The Circulation of Parisian Mathematical Books: A Few Clues -- 2.3 Toward a European Regulation of Production? -- 3 The Case of Guillaume Cavellat: A Publishing Strategy Centered on Mathematical Books -- 3.1 Cavellat's Status Within the Parisian Book Trade -- 3.2 The Constitution of a Catalogue -- 3.3 Cavellat's Collaborators -- 4 The Importance of Being Stylish -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 10 Paratexts, Printers, and Publishers: Book Production in Social Context -- 1 Premise -- 2 The Research Question -- 3 The Corpus -- 4 Methodological Considerations -- 5 The Network -- 6 Interpretation -- 6.1 Geographical Distribution -- 6.2 Validation and Corroboration for Local Cooperation -- 6.3 Validation and Corroboration for Transregional Awareness -- 7 Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- 11 The Sphaera in Jesuit Education -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Early Years of Jesuit Education -- 3 Clavius: The Academy of Mathematics and Sphaera Commentary -- 4 Clavius' Publisher and Jesuit Printing Policy -- 5 Dedications and a Venetian Publisher -- 6 Clavius' Proposals for Jesuit Mathematical Education -- 7 In Defense of Mathematics.

8 Perera's Dismissal of Mathematics -- 9 The Ratio Studiorum of 1599 -- 10 Mathematics Instruction after 1599 -- 11 Conclusion -- References -- 12 Printing Sacrobosco in Leipzig, 1488-ca. 1521: Local Markets and University Publishing -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The "Leipzig Sacrobosco" -- 3 The Alma Mater Lipsiensis as a Local Market for the Sphaera -- 4 The Leipzig Sacrobosco Commentaries -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 13 Publishing Mathematical Books of Parisian Calculatores (1508-1515) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Pedro Sánchez Ciruelo and His Mathematical Program (1492-1500) -- 2.1 Ciruelo's Arrival in Paris and His Mathematical Books -- 2.2 Guy Marchant, Publisher of Ciruelo's Mathematical Books -- 2.3 Jean Petit and Guy Marchant -- 3 The Parisian Current of the Calculatores and Its Publishers (1508-1515) -- 3.1 Republishing Ciruelo's Arithmetical Texts Before the Calculatores -- 3.2 The Parisian Calculatores and the Colleges of Iberian Tradition -- 3.3 Publishers of Mathematical Books During the Calculatores Current -- 4 The End of the Calculatores Current -- References -- Index.