Collection (publishing)

The title of a collection can be accompanied by the term "series" or its equivalents in other languages,[2] such as in the English-speaking world, for example, the "Bibliothèque de la Pléiade", "Découvertes Gallimard" and "Que sais-je?"

Conversely, Thames & Hudson's "World of Art" series was published as a collection in France and Spain.

In France, the concept of "collection" was invented by Louis Hachette, a 19th-century publisher, under the name bibliothèque, which means "library".

The "Biblioteca ilustrada de Gaspar y Roig", created in 1851 in Madrid, notably for its encyclopaedia-like contents.

[5] In Italy, the first editorial collection was the "Collana historica" (or "Collana historica de' Greci"), which included vulgarised works of twelve Greek historians, edited by the 16th-century humanist Tommaso Porcacchi and printed in Venice by Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari from 1563 to 1585.

In Brazil, the "boom of collections" took place in a context of impressive growth of the publishing market.

In many publishing houses, the tasks of selection of works and programming in general fall under the orbit of the "director of collection".

A collection can include one or more sub-collections or series (as in the case of Grupo Anaya [es]'s "Biblioteca Básica de Historia",[10] and Gallimard's "Découvertes").