A Bookseller was a craftsman who, by request, made books by joining and sewing the sheets that came from the copyist with a cover - some were themselves copyists. In Portugal booksellers organized the profession early on, as the trade was mentioned in the letter of D. João II of August 27, 1539. Yet, prior to 1740 the term “bookstore” was a synonym of library. We see the term “bookstore” as “a place that sells books” on February 25th, 1740, through an announcement on the “Gazeta de Lisboa”. In addition to booksellers, one sees the emergence of book merchants – on which a diverse set of activities can be found (editing, importing and distribution) – which paid licenses whilst officials were exempt of so to sell the products of their trade].
On today’s video we will precisely look at the world oldest bookstore that can be found in Portugal
Sources:
Bertrand: [ Ссылка ]
Coutinho, Isabel, “Bertrand Chiado é a mais antiga do mundo”, PÚBLICO, 22 de Abril de 2011, [ Ссылка ]
Maia, Elísio Borges, “Bertrand, Primeiro Século – História com todas as peças”, Livraria Bertrand – Sociedade de Comércio Livreiro, S.A, Edição Comemorativa
Olliveira, Luana, “Uma breve história da Livraria mais antiga do mundo”, Mural Sonoro, 6 Fevereiro 2019, [ Ссылка ]
Livraria com História: [ Ссылка ]
Almeida, Inês, “CONHEÇA A BERTRAND CHIADO, A LIVRARIA MAIS ANTIGA DO MUNDO”, LISBONNEIDEE , [ Ссылка ]
Gazeta de Lisboa: [ Ссылка ]
Museu de Lisboa – A Maqueta de Lisboa anterior ao Terramoto de 1755: [ Ссылка ]
Videos:
PEXELS: Cottonbro studio: [ Ссылка ]
PEXELS: Cottonbro studio: [ Ссылка ]
PEXELS: RDNE Stock project: [ Ссылка ]
PEXELS: Enrique Silva: [ Ссылка ]
PEXELS: Tima Miroshnichenko: [ Ссылка ]
PEXELS: Tima Miroshnichenko: [ Ссылка ]
PEXELS: Tima Miroshnichenko: [ Ссылка ]
PEXELS: Miguel Á. Padriñán: [ Ссылка ]
PEXELS: Peter Fowler: [ Ссылка ]
Video by Four Keys Book Arts (@FourKeysBookArts) “Making A Medieval Book By Hand - Part 1 - Folding Pages, Endpapers, Piercing & Sewing”, [ Ссылка ]
Music:
Undercover Vampire Policeman - Chris Zabriskie
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