What does writing Greek books mean at the height of the Cinquecento in Venice? The present
volume provides fascinating insights into Greek-language book production at a time when printed
books were already at a rather advanced stage of development with regards to requests
purchases and exchanges of books copying and borrowing practices relations among
intellectuals and with institutions and much more. Based on the investigation into selected
institutional and private libraries - in particular the book collection of Gabriel Severos
guide of the Greek Confraternity in Venice - the authors present new pertinent evidence from
Renaissance books and documents discuss methodological questions and propose innovative
research perspectives for a sociocultural approach to book histories.
