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JBP, I also use ILL a lot for expensive or impossible to buy books (though still circulating) -- but then I photograph each page with my digital camera and assemble the images into a PDF file, to keep and reference at my liesure after I've returned the book. Almost all the books that interest me have copyright expired anyway. Terry On 11-10-07, "J. B. Post" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 + > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Before investing in many books, I examine them in libraries. And some I > have even borrowed on interlibrary loan from distant libraries when copies > aren’t 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/0300171072/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&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 > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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