Uso y función de la estampa suelta en los Siglos de Oro (Testimonios literarios)

Abstract

By means of literary sources, this paper tries to make an appraisal of the meaning of the prints in the Spanish Golden Age society, as well as to throw sorne light over the «estampero» (print seller), a sort of seller about whom little was known, although his presence in Spain is documented. Finally, the point is made that the writers did use very often the prints, both to define and to portray milieus and characters and sometimes even to mirror a plot.