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Before investing in many books, I examine them in libraries. And some I have even borrowed on interlibrary loan from distant libraries when copies arent at hand locally. This is probably something best done in the US with the interlibrary loan network in full swing. It does work for scholarly works as well as popular literature. JBP -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Braeken Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 3:38 AM To: Discussion group for map history Subject: Re: [MapHist] Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early ModernEurope Maphisters, $ 60 is a big price for a book (which may well be warranted here) ; however, the book is also for sale at a big discount : http://www.amazon.com/Prints-Pursuit-Knowledge-Modern-Harvard/dp/0300171 072/ref=sr_1_1?s=books <http://www.amazon.com/Prints-Pursuit-Knowledge-Modern-Harvard/dp/030017 1072/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317972410&sr=1-1> &ie=UTF8&qid=1317972410&sr=1-1 So I ordered the book from Amazon. But knowing that there's a price to everything : what may this kind of price difference mean for the book market /authors / publishing in the long run ? Robert Braeken From: Joel Kovarsky <[email protected]> To: MapHist <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 12:40 AM Subject: [MapHist] Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + This may be of interest to several on this list: Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe by Susan Dackerman http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300171075 Aug 22, 2011 442 p., 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 297 color illus. ISBN: 9780300171075 Paper: $60.00 >From the description: An unusual collaboration among distinguished art historians and historians of science, this book demonstrates how printmakers of the Northern Renaissance, far from merely illustrating the ideas of others, contributed to scientific investigations of their time. Hans Holbein, for instance, worked with cosmographers and instrument makers on some of the earliest sundial manuals published; Albrecht Dürer produced the first printed maps of the constellations, which astronomers copied for over a century... Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe features fascinating reproductions of woodcuts, engravings, and etchings; maps, globe gores, and globes; multilayered anatomical "flap" prints; and paper scientific instruments used for observation and measurement. Among the "do-it-yourself" paper instruments were sundials and astrolabes, and the book incorporates a facsimile of globe gores for the reader to cut out and assemble. Joel Kovarsky _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl <http://www.maphist.nl/> Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
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