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The stationers' voice : English almanacs in the early eighteenth century
- Title
- The stationers' voice : English almanacs in the early eighteenth century / Tim Feist.
- Author
- Feist, Tim, 1975-
- Publication
- Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | AY33 .F45 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 129 pages; 26 cm.
- Summary
- In 1629, Rene Descartes described a machine for grinding lenses to shape of a hyperbola in order to make a more powerful telescope. Burnett (history, Princeton U.) examines this machine, its conception, the labor expended on its realization, and ultimately its resilient legacy within the broader context of 17th-century optics, instrument making, and mechanical craftsmanship. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
- Series Statement
- Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 0065-9746 ; v. 95, pt. 4
- Uniform Title
- Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 95, pt. 4.
- Alternative Title
- English almanacs in the early eighteenth century
- Subject
- Stationers' Company (London, England)
- 1700-1799
- Almanacs, English > History > 18th century
- Book industries and trade > England > London > History > 18th century
- Publishers and publishing > England > History > 18th century
- Authors and publishers > England > History > 18th century
- Popular literature > England > History and criticism
- Popular culture > England > History > 18th century
- 15.70 history of Europe
- Almanacs, English
- Authors and publishers
- Book industries and trade
- Commerce
- Intellectual life
- Manners and customs
- Popular culture
- Popular literature
- Publishers and publishing
- Almanakken
- England > Intellectual life > 18th century
- England > Social life and customs > 18th century
- Great Britain > Commerce > History > 18th century
- England
- England > London
- Great Britain
- Engeland
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The stationers' company -- Almanacs -- Almanac piracy -- Almanac authorship -- Almanacs and printer patronage -- Almanac content.
- ISBN
- 9780871699541
- 0871699540
- LCCN
- 2005048118
- 9780871699541
- OCLC
- ocm60697157
- 60697157
- SCSB-1397256
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library