Using analytical bibliography to examine 'hand-press' books for historical research / author, Mari Agata (Keio University, Japan).

Format:

Website/Database

Author/Creator:

Agata, Mari, author.

Contributor:

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), contributor, commissioning body, digitiser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research.

Methodology.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2021.

Summary:

This case will prepare readers to critically use published books and extract useful information from them for any research purpose. When using books published before the nineteenth century as a historical source, we should bear in mind that we do not share cultural, social, and historical context in common with their contemporary readers. Both the technical process of making and circulating books as well as the role of authors, publishers, printers, and even readers differed from today. In some cases, contemporary readers had different attitudes to a certain genre of books, and we must read them with a different awareness from everyday reading. One effective way to do this is to pay attention to the paratext or elements surrounding the main text. In this case study, we will employ analytical bibliography, the study of books as material objects and the transmission by them. We will consider the kind of data available in published books and online resources, and how this data might be analysed. We will gain an understanding of the basic elements of books in early modern Europe, examine books in detail as physical objects, and consider how books may have been received by contemporary and subsequent readers.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 17, 2022).

Publisher Number:

10.47594/RMPS_0127

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.