Description: Magical Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe : The Clandestine Trade in Illegal Book Collections, Hardcover by Bellingradt, Daniel; Otto, Bernd-christian, ISBN 3319595245, ISBN-13 9783319595245, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
This book presents the story of a unique collection of 140 manuscripts of 'learned magic’ that was sold for a fantastic sum within the clandestine channels of the German book trade in the early eighteenth century. Th will interpret this collection from two angles – as an artefact of the early modern book market as well as the longue-dure tradition of Western learned magic –, thus taking a new stance towards scribal texts that are often regarded as eccentric, peripheral, or marginal. The study is structured by the apparent exceptionality, scarcity, and illegality of the collection, and provides chapters on clandestine activities in European book markets, questions of censorship regimes and efficiency, the use of manuscripts in an age of print, and the history of learned magic in early modern Europe. As the collection has survived till this day in Leipzig University Library, th provides a critical edition of the 1710 selling catalogue, which includes a brief content analysis of all extant manuscripts. The study will be of interest to scholars and students from a variety of fields, such as early modern book history, the history of magic, cultural history, the sociology of religion, or the study of Western esotericism.
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Book Title: Magical Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe : The Clandestine Trad
Number of Pages: VII, 166 Pages
Publication Name: Magical Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe : the Clandestine Trade in Illegal Book Collections
Language: English
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Publication Year: 2017
Subject: Archaeology, Social History, General, Library & Information Science / General
Item Weight: 117.9 Oz
Type: Not Available
Author: Bernd-Christian Otto, Daniel Bellingradt
Subject Area: Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, History
Item Length: 8.3 in
Item Width: 5.8 in
Series: New Directions in Book History Ser.
Format: Hardcover
