Editing and literature in Spain (XVI and XVII) is a collection of seventeen articles by leading specialists in Spanish literature of the Golden Age and history of literacy. As part of a multidisciplinary reflection conditions are studied jointly publication and dissemination of literary works in the Golden Age and the significance of the texts. The interest in the materiality of the old book in its more technical various aspects sheds light on the conditions of production and reception of texts. This reflection on editorial practice in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and in particular on the role of author and involvement of the different actors and actions on the text, are some of the main issues addressed. Also the role of the physical space of the old book in the study of textuality is questioned, in order to highlight the set of elements that influence reading and promote access to meaning. Besides the attempt to reconstitute the passage of text printing, the book is a reflection on the issue of golden works today, taking into account the new dissemination tools.