Sixteenth-century bookshops and pedlars expanded book ownership in Europe

Evidence

The expansion of the book trade in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries brought the pleasures of book ownership to many more people, as bookshops and itinerant pedlars proliferated around the European continent. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 953

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 953
• XREF: connects to: Widespread book ownership drove the aristocracy to abandon books as status symbols — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 28; Erasmus valued access to texts over owning them — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 952; Purchase registers reveal the sixteenth-century international book trade — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 211 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Purchase registers reveal the sixteenth-century international book trade #expands (0.60) — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 211
• Cheap reformation pamphlets drew new buyers into book ownership #expands (0.55) — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 231
• Early printers shifted book production from commission to speculation #expands (0.50) — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 171