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File:European Output of Printed Books ca. 1450–1800.png

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Deutsch: Geschätzte Buchdruckproduktion in Europa von ca. 1450 bis 1800. Ein Buch ist definiert als ein Druckwerk von mehr als 49 Seiten.
English: Estimated output of printed books in Europe from ca. 1450 to 1800. A book is defined as printed matter containing more than 49 pages.
Date 16 December 2011
Source Own work
Author Tentotwo
Data from: Buringh, Eltjo; van Zanden, Jan Luiten: "Charting the “Rise of the West”: Manuscripts and Printed Books in Europe, A Long-Term Perspective from the Sixth through Eighteenth Centuries", The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 69, No. 2 (2009), pp. 409–445 (417, table 2)


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Century Manuscripts Books
6       13552           nan
7       10639           nan
8       43702           nan
9       201742  nan
10      135637  nan
11      212030  nan
12      768721  nan
13      1761951 nan
14      2746951 nan
15      4999161 12589000
16       nan            217444000
17      nan             531941000
18      nan             983874000
}\datatable
 
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