This study uses the 2700 plus texts listed in the 1883 auction catalog under the first subject heading, “Theologie – Philosophie” and printed between 1501 and 1799, to analyze patterns of distribution based on the texts’ date of printing.

This study uses the 2700 plus texts listed in the 1883 auction catalog under the first subject heading, “Theologie – Philosophie” and printed between 1501 and 1799, to analyze patterns of distribution based on the texts’ date of printing.