Posted in books, britain, eighteenth century, england, holland, review, tagged early modern, history, seventeenth century, book, review, dutch, going dutch, holland, lisa jardine on 7 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
There was a devastating review by Peter Conrad of Lisa Jardine’s new book on the influence of Holland on early modern English culture in the Observer this weekend . Noel Malcolm in the Telegraph had a slightly softer critique.
However, others seem to have liked Going Dutch better. Peter Ackroyd in the Times and Keith Thomas [...]
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Posted in books, eighteenth century, seventeenth century, sixteenth century, tagged author, book, books, bookseller, early modern, eighteenth century, guide, history, pamphlets, print, printing, publisher, seventeenth century, shipper, sixteenth century, tract, woodcut on 7 February 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve spent the past few weeks immersed in seventeenth-century pamphlets and as a result, have been reading a lot of background literature on printing, print culture, bibliography and the history of the book. Below are some scattered thoughts, based on what I’ve read, about different ways of approaching an early modern pamphlet. They will probably [...]
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