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The nature of the book : print and knowledge in the making / Adrian Johns.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) Z124 .J64 1998
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LIBRA Z124 .J64 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johns, Adrian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Printing--Social aspects--Europe--History.
- Printing.
- Printing--Social aspects--England--History.
- Books--Europe--History.
- Books.
- Books--England--History.
- Science publishing.
- History.
- Science.
- Printing--Social aspects.
- Europe--Intellectual life.
- Europe.
- Intellectual life.
- England--Intellectual life.
- England.
- Transmission of texts.
- Science--Europe--History.
- Science--England--History.
- Science publishing--Europe--History.
- Science publishing--England--History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 753 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsA Note on Conventions1: Introduction: The Book of Nature and the Nature of the Book 2: Literatory Life: The Culture and Credibility of the Printed Book in Early Modern London 3: "The Advancement of Wholesome Knowledge": The Politics of Print and the Practices of Propriety 4: John Streater and the Knights of the Galaxy: Republicanism, Natural Knowledge, and the Politics of Printing 5: Faust and the Pirates: The Cultural Construction of the Printing Revolution 6: The Physiology of Reading: Print and the Passions 7: Piracy and Usurpation: Natural Philosophy in the Restoration 8: Histories of the Heavens: John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Historia Coelestis Britannica 9: Conclusion Bibliography Index
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: The Book of Nature and the Nature of the Book 1
- 2 Literatory Life: The Culture and Credibility of the Printed Book in Early Modern London 58
- 3 "The Advancement of Wholesome Knowledge": The Politics of Print and the Practices of Propriety 187
- 4 John Streater and the Knights of the Galaxy: Republicanism, Natural Knowledge, and the Politics of Printing 266
- 5 Faust and the Pirates: The Cultural Construction of the Printing Revolution 324
- 6 The Physiology of Reading: Print and the Passions 380
- 7 Piracy and Usurpation: Natural Philosophy in the Restoration 444
- 8 Histories of the Heavens: John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Historia Coelestis Britannica 543.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-707) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0226401219
- 0226401227
- OCLC:
- 38048198
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