Activitatea tipografiei episcopale în documente de arhivă și cărți ale Bibliotecii Batthyaneum. Addenda la istoria fundației episcopului Ignác Batthyány (1741-1798). Pars prima
Activity of the Episcopal Printing House Illustrated by Archive Documents and Books of Batthyaneum Library. Addenda to the History of Foundation set up by Bishop Ignác Batthyány (1741-1798). Pars Prima

Activity of the Episcopal Printing House Illustrated by Archive Documents and Books of Batthyaneum Library. Addenda to the History of Foundation set up by Bishop Ignác Batthyány (1741-1798). Pars Prima

Summary/Abstract: The study aims to elucidate some aspects regarding the functioning of a printing house known as Typis episcopalibus. Acquired and managed strategically by Bishop Ignác Batthyány, the printing house operated in Cluj and Alba Iulia for almost 15 years, using for printing even watermarked paper produced by the paper mill purchased for this purpose.Information on purchasing, infrastructure, work of the printers from the two departments, from the first part of the study, will be complemented in the second part of this study by data regarding the authors, editors, bold printing projects completed or failed by the bishop, followed by the presentation of the main books issued from the typography. The conclusions will focus on some aspects regarding the role and place of the printing house in the local and European production of books, determined by the political strategy of the institutions, but also by the bishop's Ignác Batthyány competence, himself author and editor, codicology and text expert; similarly, the role was determined by his macro-economic vision, materialized in patronage projects, the most important being the Institutum Batthyanianum.

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