Le marché du livre d'emblèmes: (1531-1750)

Between 1531 and 1750, emblem books circulated throughout a Europe deeply marked by the religious divisions stemming from the Reformation. Far from an approach centered on symbolic or literary content, this study offers a reinterpretation of the genre based on the concrete conditions of its production, dissemination, and reception, articulating economic history, book history, and religious history. By reconstructing the tensions between material investment and doctrinal demands, this work illuminates the dynamics that accompanied the expansion, diversification, and eventual decline of emblem books in early modern Europe. This type of book was as much an instrument of religious persuasion as it was a product subject to the constraints and opportunities of the market.