Carlos Clavería Laguarda (Caspe, 1963) has dedicated his life to the study and trade of old books. The result of this vocation are some publications in which he has investigated almost all facets of book production, from binding (Recognition and description of bindings, 2006) to reception (Humanism and incunable printing, 2009), delving into how books were collected. (Against bibliophilia, 2015), how they were bought (How much does it cost to read!, 2017), how they were composed (The correctors: tough guys in old printing presses, 2019) and how they were stored (Books, libraries and heritage, 2019). books before the arrival of the mass cultural industry. His works include a detailed biography of Erasmus of Rotterdam (Erasmo, hombre de mundo, Cátedra, 2018) and translations of authors such as Pavese, Gramsci, Machiavelli and Berto . Some days he lives in the rural outskirts of Bologna, others he lives in Caspe.