Paper Stories – Paper and Book History in Early Modern Europe

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Paper Stories – Paper and Book History in Early Modern Europe is written by Silvia Hufnagel and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3111163458 (ISBN 10) and 9783111163451 (ISBN 13).

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.