Publication place of books in early modern libraries

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Map showing the place of publication for books in four collections: Edward Benlowes’s 1631 gift of £50 worth of books to St. John’s College Library; Sir Edward Stanhope’s 1608 bequest of £20 worth of books to Trinity College, Cambridge; Sir Edward Dering’s inventories; and the booklist of Lady Anne Southwell and Captain Henry Sibthorpe. Map produced by Whitney Trettien using the open source package Leaflet. Data derived from the Private Libraries of Renaissance England database, edited by R. J. Fehrenbach and Joseph Black, hosted by the Folger Shakespeare Library, and used with permission.

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Interactive map plotting the publication places of books in three different collections. By comparing the collections, the growth of the English book trade at the turn of the century becomes evident.

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    Interactive
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    In Copyright
  • creator
    Whitney Trettien
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    Produced by Whitney Trettien
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    See the Creative Commons website for details about the restrictions associated with the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
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    CC BY-NC 4.0
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    Whitney Trettien, Private Libraries of Renaissance Europe
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    Worldwide