Zachary Brookman @zbrookman

Text of a ledger describing the client as 'Dierick van Helmont, libraire a Middelborch, par sa fille Janne‘

Yet another example of daughters‘ essential roles in bookselling families: In 1581-2, Middelburg bookseller Dierick van Helmondt repeatedly sent his daughter Janne to buy books from Plantin in Antwerp and settle his accounts (his son worked in the business too) (Museum Plantin-Moretus Arch. 60 f. 2)

23.06.2025 14:53 — 👍 114 🔁 31 💬 0 📌 4

This is brilliant - Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I guess I should be careful when I call something “untraceable”. Hopefully I can correct this if Brill ever decides to come out with a second edition! ;)

26.05.2025 22:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There you go! Thanks for this! If this is Gauilleur’s source, he needs to work on his citations!

26.05.2025 21:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I've considered this - It certainly lines up with Gauilleur's time of writing, and Libri's expertise/unreliability, but I've been unable to trace down the source

26.05.2025 17:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My second EVER publication is now online, part of the wonderful volume made for a @universalstc.bsky.social conference from years' past. See how one printer/publisher/bookseller in Geneva managed to evade the city's book trade authorities for over 20 years! #skystorians #bookhistory

26.05.2025 08:41 — 👍 22 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

Beyond Books: Instruments and Knowledge in Libraries / Au-delà du livre : instruments et savoris en bibliothèque Beyond Books: Instruments and Knowledge in Libraries / Au-delà du livre : instruments et savoris en bibliothèque RB 26. Mai 2025 BEYOND BOOKS: INSTRUMENTS AND KNOWLEDGE IN LIBRARIES Geneva, Musée d'histoire des sciences Nowadays, most library users are unaware that for centuries, libraries combined written and ‘hands-on’ dimensions of knowledge by collecting instruments and objects of all kinds. In the Middle Ages, library collections frequently included astrolabes, quadrants, and sundials alongside treatises explaining their construction and use. Theories of libraries in the Renaissance already anticipated the inclusion of ‘mathematical instruments’. With the emergence of curiosity cabinets, between the 16th and 18th centuries the array of objects was continuously extended. Libraries acquired more and more maps, portraits, coins, medals, natural specimens, models, and exotic artefacts intended to engage with and enrich the libraries’ vast encyclopaedic knowledge. The presence of a cabinet and the interaction between instruments and books became a crucial material and epistemological concern in the management of libraries, whether private or ‘public’, from the 17th-century onwards. Objects were stored close to books, or in adjoining rooms, and fulfilled various functions. Instruments were regarded as both ornaments and complements to written knowledge, three-dimensional representations of knowledge that could be handled. They therefore played a crucial role in understanding scientific texts, serving as examples or as mnemotechnic tools. With the exception of a few studies, the presence of instruments in libraries has received little attention in the general history of libraries. The history of education, reading practices, architecture and institutions have taken precedence. The international conference Beyond Books: Instruments and Knowledge in Libraries aims to re-evaluate these historiographical assessments and reconnect libraries, instruments, and books. In a deliberately multidisciplinary and diachronic approach, the event will interrogate the acquisition, status and use of instruments in libraries across different time periods, geographical areas, and knowledge cultures. Here is a non-comprehensive list of possible topics which may be studied and discussed: - the concept of ‘scientific instrument’ in libraries; - cabinets of curiosities and/in libraries; - a user-oriented focus on instruments and their possible uses; - scientific practices in libraries and/or science libraries; - paper and parchment instruments; - biography of instruments (before entering a library collection/as part of a library collection/after leaving the library collection); - instruments listed in library catalogues; - library rules and regulations; - furniture, storage procedures, collection management; - curatorial strategies and careers; - conservation and restoration aspects, past and present. Proposals of 300 words max. — in French or English — should be sent to Rossella Baldi (rossellangelicabaldi@gmail.com) and Samuel Gessner (samuel.gessner@gmail.com). The deadline for submissions is 15th June 2025. AU-DELA DU LIVRE : INSTRUMENTS ET SAVOIRS EN BIBLIOTHEQUE Genève, Musée d'histoire des sciences De nos jours, la majorité des usagers des bibliothèques ignorent que pendant des siècles les bibliothèques ont favorisé le lien entre les dimensions pratique et écrite de la connaissance en collectionnant des instruments et des objets de toutes sortes. Dès le Moyen Âge les collections des bibliothèques comprennent souvent des astrolabes, des quadrants et des cadrans solaires, qui trouvent leur place à côté des traités expliquant leur construction et leur usage. À la Renaissance, les écrits théoriques sur la constitution des bibliothèques suggèrent l’incorporation d’ « instruments mathématiques » à leur collections. Avec l’émergence de la mode des cabinets de curiosités entre le xvie et le xviiie siècle, la diversité des objets présents en bibliothèque ne cesse enfin de s’amplifier. Les bibliothèques incluent de plus en plus de cartes, de portraits, de pièces de monnaie, de médailles, de spécimens naturels, de maquettes et d’artefacts exotiques destinés à enrichir le savoir encyclopédique et à dialoguer avec celui-ci. La présence d’un cabinet et l’interaction entre instruments et livres devient, à partir du xviie siècle, une préoccupation matérielle et épistémologique essentielle que l’on retrouve dans les réflexions bibliothéconomiques de l’époque, indépendamment de la vocation privée ou « publique » de la bibliothèque. Les objets sont conservés à proximité des livres ou dans des salles adjacentes et leurs fonctions varient. Les instruments sont considérés à la fois comme des ornements et des compléments du savoir livresque, puisqu’ils en offrent une représentation tridimensionnelle et manipulable. Ils jouent donc un rôle capital, en facilitant entre autres la lecture de textes scientifiques, soit en tant qu’exemples ou en tant qu’outils mnémotechniques. À l’exception de quelques études, la présence d’instruments en bibliothèque n’a étonnamment que peu retenu l’attention des spécialistes de l’histoire des bibliothèques, qui ont focalisé sur l’histoire de l’éducation et du livre, sur l’histoire des pratiques de lecture ou sur les analyses architecturale et institutionnelle. Le colloque international Au-delà du livre : instruments et savoir en bibliothèque ambitionne de réévaluer ces perspectives historiographiques afin de réconcilier le rapport perdu entre les bibliothèques, les instruments et les livres. Adoptant un point de vue multidisciplinaire et diachronique, il souhaite interroger le statut et l’usage des instruments dans les bibliothèques à travers le temps et l’espace, ainsi qu’à travers les différentes cultures du savoir. Voici une liste non exhaustive des thèmes que le colloque aimerait évoquer : * la notion d’« instrument scientifique » dans les bibliothèques ; * cabinets de curiosités en bibliothèque ; * les usages de l’instrument dans la bibliothèque ; * les pratiques scientifiques en bibliothèque et bibliothèques scientifiques ; * instruments de papier et de parchemin ; * biographie d’instruments : leur parcours avant leur intégration à une collection de bibliothèque, leur vie en tant qu’éléments d’une bibliothèque et leur destin après avoir quitté l’enceinte de la bibliothèque; leur sortie ; * les mentions des instruments dans les catalogues de bibliothèque ; * règlements de bibliothèque ; * le mobilier, les méthodes d’entrepôt des instruments et leur gestion ; * stratégies de conservation ; * conservation et restauration des instruments : perspectives historiques et contemporaines. Les propositions en français ou anglais (300 mots max.) sont à envoyer à Rossella Baldi (rossellangelicabaldi@gmail.com) et Samuel Gessner (samuel.gessner@gmail.com) d’ici le 15 juin 2025. Organisiert von Rossella Baldi (Université de Neuchâtel), Samuel Gessner (Université de Lisbonne), Jérôme Baudry (EPFL) Sprachen der Veranstaltung Englisch Musée d'histoire des sciences Rue de Lausanne 128 1202 Genève/Geneva Geneva https://institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mhn/votre-visite/musee-dhistoire-des-sc… rossellangelicabaldi@gmail.com

Beyond Books: Instruments and Knowledge in Libraries / Au-delà du livre : instruments et savoris en bibliothèque #infoclioevent

26.05.2025 08:14 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Publication de BaTyR : la nouvelle Base de Typographie de la Renaissance La nouvelle version de la Base de Typographie de la Renaissance, développée dans le cadre du projet ANR TypoReF au sein des Bibliothèques Virtuelles Humanistes, est désormais publique ! Ouverte à l’oc...

Publication de BaTyR : la nouvelle Base de Typographie de la Renaissance bvh.hypotheses.org/12669
#bookhistory

18.04.2025 08:19 — 👍 5 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 2

MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY - Join us in person or online for two great papers on #earlymodern #scottishhistory and #book history. DM for more information!

21.02.2025 16:20 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

The latest issue of USTC Library Quarterly is here! We’ve got an update on our matching from @apettegree.bsky.social, and a fascinating article on female printers from @ewatson.bsky.social. You can read it here: www.ustc.ac.uk/news/ustc-li... #BookHistory #RareBooks #HerBook

12.02.2025 10:02 — 👍 14 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0

Tonight! Come through! #earlymodern

10.02.2025 14:20 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It’s finally here! 10 papers guaranteed to chase the Monday night blues away. Hybrid, as always - DM for link or to join our mailing list!

28.01.2025 17:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

MONDAY 13 JANUARY is the last day to apply for our PG Workshop! Open to PGs at every level, studying anything and everything #earlymodern!

10.01.2025 16:02 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

We are extending our #callforpapers #cfp to MONDAY 13 JANUARY. Hybrid conference open to #earlymodern PGs in the UK and abroad! cc @standrewshist.bsky.social

02.01.2025 14:23 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Our #cfp ends TODAY. Still accepting proposals on all things #earlymodern newspapers and periodicals!

13.12.2024 08:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tonight - DM for link!

09.12.2024 14:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY - For the final time this semester, please join us in person or on Teams as we hear from Patrick Graham and @omdunderdale.bsky.social
about counting, blessing, and counting our blessings in #earlymodern Britain. DM for link!

04.12.2024 12:06 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

On 23 April 1689, in honour of the accession of William and Mary, the Collegium Insulanum, a learned society in Zurich, held a very topical lecture on the history of English coronation ceremonies (ZBZ Ms S 493) #earlymodern

30.11.2024 10:09 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Some highlights from the Staatsarchiv Zürich: Template of a passport for foreigners coming to work on the city's fortifications (1641), gov't-set prices to buy/bind schoolbooks (1640), and a handy guide on how to treat livestock diseases (1691). Will be up on the @universalstc.bsky.social soon!

29.11.2024 15:00 — 👍 30 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0

Our PG workshop has bore witness to some really amazing papers so far - Can't wait to see what next term holds! Get your proposals in! Open to PGs of every level - Due 3 Jan 2025 #cfp #earlymodern

26.11.2024 11:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The St Andrews Early Modern Workshop is now on Bluesky! Be sure to give it a follow to stay up to date with all future events and cfps!

@staemworkshop.bsky.social

25.11.2024 08:54 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Workshop poster for two talks, one about Spanish perspectives on Scottish rebellions, the other about the impact of the liturgical calendar on the conception of seasonality in the early modern period. Event takes place in person or online, on 25 November at 5.15pm

TONIGHT - Scottish Rebellions in Scotland? Food, Sex, and Liturgical Calendars? All this and more at the St A EM PG Workshop! Hybrid as usual - DM FOR LINK

25.11.2024 08:43 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1

Super excited to be working on this. Get your proposals in! #cfp #earlymodern #bookhistory

21.11.2024 12:45 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Hello Bluesky! 👋 More posts ("skeets", apparently) on the way... in the meantime, please enjoy my latest, from Library & Information History: doi.org/10.3366/lih....

#earlymodern #bookhistory #libraryhistory

18.11.2024 10:51 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

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