The Printing Presses of Ferenc Nádasdy (1623–1671)

The Printing Presses of Ferenc Nádasdy (1623–1671)

The Printing Presses of Ferenc Nádasdy (1623–1671)
Written by Noémi Viskolcz
NSZL–HAS–MOKKA-R Association, Budapest, 2015.
[Booklets of Hungarian Book Review and MOKKA-R Association, 7. Series edited by István Monok], 110 pages
ISBN 978 963 446 755 7

Language: 
Hungarian
2 200,- Ft
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This volume adds details to the picture we already have about 17th century baroque aristocratic court culture and patronage, by presenting the printing presses of Count Ferenc Nádasdy. After the typography workshop on his land in Csepreg had been closed in 1643, Nádasdy founded printing presses first in Vienna (1665), then in Pottendorf (1667) and Loretto (1669). Although these complex, carefully prepared and costly enterprises functioned only for a couple of years, a number of important volumes were printed in them between 1665 and 1672. The workshops capable of manufacturing high standard books were managed by craftsmen from the Netherlands, who brought their own press equipment, but worked with paper from Nádasdy’s paper mill in Obereggendorf.. This unique cultural performance, also in line with the contemporary imperial patterns, demonstrates the interesting combination of Nádasdy’s commitment to quality and his pursuit of acknowledgement and fame.

The present illustrated work is backed up by archive sources, and convincingly explains Nádasdy’s innovative ideas and carefully composed designs.

Booklets of Hungarian Book Review and MOKKA-R Association

For centuries, books were the only means of passing on cultural values, so the history of books is related to all the areas of cultural history. No wonder that a number of new institutions for presenting book culture history are currently being set up. As one of Europe’s oldest book history periodicals, Hungarian Book Review cannot assume the publication of all the writings on book history in Hungary, it has joined MOKKA-R (the old books section of Hungarian National Joint Catalogue Association), an entity founded in 1994 to coordinate the elaboration of old books. Our series of booklets presents primarily the lectures held at the MOKKA-R department sessions, but also gives room for works on book history with larger extent than publishable in Hungarian Book Review.

The publishers of the series are NSZL, the Institute for Literary Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Science, and MOKKA-R Association.