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Learned Book Illustrations, their Patrons, and the Vagaries of the Trade in Seventeenth- and Eightee
Saturday, November 7, 2009
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Clark Library - Facility
Fifth Annual Kenneth Karmiole Lecture on the History of the Book Trade
Admission
Mail-in registration required by November 2.
Contact
UCLA Center for Seventeenth- & Eighteenth-Century Studies
(310) 206-8552
c1718cs@humnet.ucla.edu
Website
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/c1718cs/content/progs/karmio...
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From the mid-seventeenth century, English antiquaries, cartographers, classicists, and scientists increasingly sought to produce large folios with elaborate illustrations. But how to pay for the enormous production costs of such works? Engravings by the leading practitioners of the day—whether depicting the beauties of the great cathedrals, the epic glories of classical antiquity, or the finer points of natural history—required significant investments in both men and materials. This lecture will consider the commercial and cultural expedients that self-publishing authors, learned societies, and projecting booksellers developed to finance their books, many of exceeding beauty and genuine importance.
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