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  • Officina Plantiniana knygos Nacionalinėje bibliotekoje: katalogas = The Officina Plantiniana Collection at the National Library of Lithuania: A Catalogue

    Officina Plantiniana knygos Nacionalinėje bibliotekoje: katalogas = The Officina Plantiniana Collection at the National Library of Lithuania: A Catalogue

    Officina Plantiniana knygos Nacionalinėje bibliotekoje: katalogas = The Officina Plantiniana Collection at the National Library of Lithuania: A Catalogue / Edited by Milda Kvizikevičiūtė, Eva Praškevič, and Viktorija Vaitkevičiūtė. Vilnius: Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka, 2022. – 375 p.; ill.

    The catalogue presents the collection of 16th-18th-century books published at the Plantin-Moretus Printing House and housed at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. It contains bibliographical descriptions of 282 titles (385 copies), an introductory article, indexes of titles, personal names, chronology, and provenances of persons and institutions. The publication groups the books according to the publishers of the Plantin-Moretus dynasty. Each section contains a brief annotation of publisher’s activities in Lithuanian and English and the signature they used. The books are arranged alphabetically by author or by title. The introductory article describes the various ownership marks identified in the Plantin-Moretus Printing House books held at the National Library of Lithuania. The catalogue is supplemented with the illustrations of Plantin-Moretus publications.

    ISBN 978-609-405-232-3 (PRINT)
    ISBN 978-609-405-233-0 (ONLINE)

  • Theatrum Libri: Book Printing, Reading and Dissemination in Early Modern Europe

    Theatrum Libri: Book Printing, Reading and Dissemination in Early Modern Europe / Edited by Milda Kvizikevičiūtė, Viktorija Vaitkevičiūtė. – Vilnius: Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka, 2022. – 228 p.

    The peer-reviewed collection of research papers presents fifteen articles by the researchers from universities and libraries in Lithuania, Poland, Great Britain, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. The articles draw reader’s attention to the printed book and manuscript as an archival phenomenon in terms of content (the accumulation of knowledge) and form (the accumulation of books). They explore the dynamics of the book's creation its structure and printing in the context of socio-cultural processes and highlight the roles of the author, publisher, distributor, reader, and book collector. The book is accessible to a wider audience, as it also includes cultural, historical, and linguistic research related to the book in the 15th and 19th centuries.

    ISBN 978-609-405-227-9 (PRINT)
    ISBN 978-609-405-228-6 (ONLINE)

  • Theatrum Libri 2, Printing Centers and Peripheries in the Early Modern Period

    Theatrum Libri 2, Printing Centers and Peripheries in the Early Modern Period

    Theatrum Libri 2, Printing Centers and Peripheries in the Early Modern Period / Edited by Milda Kvizikevičiūtė, Viltė Stukaitė, Viktorija Vaitkevičiūtė. – Vilnius: Science and Encyclopedia Publishing Center of the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, 2024. –  p. 368

    This peer-reviewed volume brings together 13 articles based on the international conference “Printing Centers and Peripheries in the Early Modern Period,” held to celebrate Vilnius’s 700th anniversary. The collection explores the dynamic interplay between major printing hubs and peripheral regions in shaping early modern European print culture. Organized into three thematic sections—Tracing the Footprints of Books, Hidden Histories, and Innovating Print—the articles examine book provenance, the contributions of underrepresented figures in publishing, and the evolution of printing techniques, including insights from digital humanities. This interdisciplinary volume highlights the diversity and innovation of early modern print culture, offering new perspectives on the history of book production and circulation.

    eISSN 3030-1971 (ONLINE)
    eISBN 978-609-405-267-5 (ONLINE)