Just when I thought we were out of the worst of the complex digital thicket I discussed last week, this week’s assignment resolved to convince me otherwise. I’ll be the first to admit that this was an arduous task; I found myself almost affectionately missing last week’s mapping activity (almost). However, as was the case […]
Assignments
Mapping Mr. Gray
This assignment had us mapping the various locations in which a particular book was published. We used the English Short Title Catalogue to find publications of the book of our choice, which ideally had to be published sometime in the 18th century. While we could have used any 18th century book that the ESTC could find […]
Constructing a Book’s History
Habent sua fata libelli. [Books have their own fate.] -Maurus Now that we’ve tackled understanding and recognizing the physical production of books in this course – something that is relatively regulated and widespread – we’ve come to a more personalized, if not rather intimate, study of bibliography. This past week we’ve been tasked with […]
Old Book Examination
This week, we were tasked with the physical examination of a book of our choosing from the special collections. I ultimately decided on a book from 1792 that was a bit different than the other books I’ve looked at to this point. This book has a beautiful brown and black speckled cover, with a small leather […]