Paper stories : paper and book history in early modern Europe / edited by Silvia Hufnagel, Þórunn Sigurðardóttir, Davíð Ólafsson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hufnagel, Silvia V., editor.

Þórunn Sigurðardóttir, editor.

Davíð Ólafsson, editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Materiale Textkulturen ; Bd. 38.

Materiale Textkulturen ; Band 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paper--Europe--History--17th century.

Paper.

Paper--Europe--History--16th century.

Books--Europe--History--17th century.

Books.

Books--Europe--History--16th century.

Paper--England--History--16th century.

Paper--England--History--17th century.

England.

Europe.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

vi, 454 pages, 23 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2023]

Summary:

This peer-reviewed conference volume examines paper and material aspects of the written word in early modern Europe. The collection is designed around three thematic strands, based on the lifecycle of handwritten documents and manuscripts and printed books: first, production of paper, second production of books and manuscripts and third, trade and exchange, and ownership of manuscripts and books. By tracing the history of paper, books and collections through case studies of historically important objects, the authors identify agents and hotspots of production, trade and ownership from both centres and peripheries of Europe from the late Middle Ages until the beginning of industrialisation. They thereby address material aspects of documents, manuscripts and books, as well as object biography, from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. By doing so this volume provides insight into actual practices of the past and the material history of written texts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9783111154916

3111154912

OCLC:

1371839533

Publisher Number:

9783111154916