The nature of the book : print and knowledge in the making / Adrian Johns.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Johns, Adrian.

Contributor:

• Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
• Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Printing--Social aspects--Europe--History.
• Printing--Social aspects--England--History.
• Books--Europe--History.
• Books--England--History.
• Science publishing.
• History.
• Science.
• Books.
• Printing--Social aspects.
• Printing.
• 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

Online:

The Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund Home Page