#Bookhistory

Fellow historians with interest in #mediahistory and #bookhistory. I would like to establish the hashtag #globalbookhistory for collecting and promoting studies that pay attention to non-Eurocentric, global, transregional views on
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This week's #Tweetistorian is back. The poll has brought only correct answers! Let's talk about why. #bookhistory ~tw 1/10https://twitter.com/HistorianofIran/status/1264830562449186816 What you regard a manuscript (MS) depends on yo
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Dear experts of #bookhistory and related fields:This tweet aims to connect us better and enlarge our own networks for the benefit of the individual researcher and general community alike. Let
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The known world ("mundo") of the European polymath Ramon Llull around 1300 in a self drawn map:"africa" - in the upper part. A mosque, tall buildings."Asia" - in the lower
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Most economic discussion today revolves around the question whether governments and central banks should give out generous lines of credits or not. The #seventeenthcentury saw a number of #financialcrisis too.
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THE TINY PRESS!!!WHERE DOES ONE PROCURE THE TINY PRESS?!https://twitter.com/PrincetonRBSC/status/1245743478513917952 Would you look at this nest of freshly hatched baby presses! https://makerpress.co.uk/model-common-presses/
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A couple of things about this print, recently tweeted by @cma_japanese, caught my eye. The print is by Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, & is described as "The Courtesan (From A Collection
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There are a bunch of resources to study Catholic minorities online.@CatholicRS has been devoted to publishing edited sources. AND recently, all these got digitised and are freely online (YAY!):https://issuu.com/tcrs  The
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