Work in progress.. This uncut woodblock contains the drawn design of the Officina Plantiniana's printer's mark pasted on it. For some reason, the engraving was never finished.
Just look at all those details!
MPM.TEK.610 (search.museumplantinmoretus.be/Details/collec…)
#bookhistory #blocksplatesstones
Very excited by the responses I've had to this already!
For anyone who missed it, here is the CFP for an afternoon workshop on #earlymodern semi-public libraries in London in November. Deadline end of June. Get in touch if you have any questions! #bookhistory
Old books show in Anarkali is my forever fascination. Lined up on the road, outside closed shuttered doors of banks & and other businesses, heaps of used books & pirated editions of new titles keep attracting readers. So many tales!
#Lahore #bookhistory #readingcommunity
📯 #bookhistory alert
We're happy to announce that our volume *Competition in the European Book Market: Prices and privileges* is out.
Here is a little sneaky peek.
It's #OpenAccess & you can download it here: bibliofielen.be/en/webshop/
#economichistory
Early modern #bookhistory people! I'm organising a half day workshop on semi-public libraries with the History of Libraries seminar in November. The main aim is for everyone to be able to get together and find out what we're all working on. Spread the word!
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I can't stop adding #Plantin Missals to my collection.
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This is the latest addition: my first octavo version printed in 1605 with beautiful woodcuts of Pieter van der Borcht and Anthonie van Leest!
Thank you The Wisdom Pedlars !
#bookhistory
#liturgy
#renaissance
Fond of #rarebooks and eager to do research in Antwerp? Wait no longer & apply for the Nottebohm travel grant offered by Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library and Museum Plantin-Moretus!
More info: museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/fellow…
(Here are some random pictures to encourage you to apply, © LUCID)
#bookhistory
'FIXED PRICE NO CHIK-CHIK'
(From yesterday's session at IES on Daryaganj's parallel book history.)
#bookhistory #BookTwitter
New, rare & antiquarian book auctions, starting this Sunday, from 8pm.
#antiquarian #history #books #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #religion #englishcivilwar #bookauctions
ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompedl…
We are ready for the Second International Conference “Circulation of written heritage: local production, global knowledge”. Attached you will find all info. #BookHistory #TwitterHistorians
I'm delighted to announce the Early Scottish Book History Conference (University of Dundee, 27-28 June 2024). We still have spaces for attendees, so please get in touch if you'd like to attend and share widely! #bookhistory #scottishhistory #manuscripts #twitterstorians
Spread the word! The WWiH-group (Women Writers in History) seeks contributions for an existing new peer-reviewed volume on 'Digital Approaches to Historical Women's Book Culture'. Proposal deadline: March 1st 2023. #bookhistory #herbook #womenhistory #history #twitterstorians
Louisa is making the final preparations for her next trip to the Museum Plantin-Moretus Museum and Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library as 2024 Nottebohm Fellow. Delighted to return to sights such as this (ARCH 1231, Catalogue d’éditions plantiniennes en 1580). #bookhistory
Can you help us identify this man? Last seen on the Thames foreshore, 500 years ago #earlymodern #bookhistory
#BookHistory #Africa
#LiteraryProduction
#PostcolonialStudies
#PrintinginMorocco
#Timbuktu
'The Book in Africa: Critical Debates'
eds.Caroline Davis, David Johnson
PUB: Palgrave Macmillan 2015
#OpenAccess in Egypt Provided by EKB w/o login
link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9…
