An Open Letters Review Best Book of the YearâGrafton presents largely unfamiliar materialâŠin a clear, even breezy styleâŠErudite.ââMichael Dirda, Washington PostIn this celebration of bookmaking in all its messy and intricate detail, Anthony Grafton captures both the physical and mental labors that went into the golden age of the bookâcompiling notebooks, copying and correcting proofs, preparing copyâand shows us how scribes and scholars shaped influential treatises and forgeries.Inky Fingers ranges widely, from the theological polemics of the early days of printing to the pathbreaking works of Jean Mabillon and Baruch Spinoza. Grafton draws new connections between humanistic traditions and intellectual innovations, textual learning and the delicate, arduous, error-riddled craft of making books. Through it all, he reminds us that the life of the mind depends on the work of the hands, and the nitty gritty labor of printmakers has had a profound impact on the history of ideas.âDescribes magnificent achievements, storms of controversy, and sometimes the pure devilment of scholars and printersâŠCaptivating and often amusing.ââWall Street JournalâIdeas, in this vivid telling, emerge not just from minds but from hands, not to mention the biceps that crank a press or heft a ream of paper.ââNew York Review of BooksâGrafton upends idealized understandings of early modern scholarship and blurs distinctions between the physical and mental labor that made the remarkable works of this period possible.ââChristine Jacobson, Book PostâScholarship is a kind of heroism in Graftonâs account, his nine protagonistsâ aching backs and tired eyes evidence of their valiant dedication to the pursuit of knowledge.ââLondon Review of Books
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Details:An Open Letters Review Best Book of the YearâGrafton presents largely unfamiliar materialâŠin a clear, even breezy styleâŠErudite.ââMichael Dirda, Washington PostIn this celebration of bookmaking in all its messy and intricate detail, Anthony Grafton captures both the physical and mental labors that went into the golden age of the bookâcompiling notebooks, copying and correcting proofs, preparing copyâand shows us how scribes and scholars shaped influential treatises and forgeries.Inky Fingers ranges widely, from the theological polemics of the early days of printing to the pathbreaking works of Jean Mabillon and Baruch Spinoza. Grafton draws new connections between humanistic traditions and intellectual innovations, textual learning and the delicate, arduous, error-riddled craft of making books. Through it all, he reminds us that the life of the mind depends on the work of the hands, and the nitty gritty labor of printmakers has had a profound impact on the history of ideas.âDescribes magnificent achievements, storms of controversy, and sometimes the pure devilment of scholars and printersâŠCaptivating and often amusing.ââWall Street JournalâIdeas, in this vivid telling, emerge not just from minds but from hands, not to mention the biceps that crank a press or heft a ream of paper.ââNew York Review of BooksâGrafton upends idealized understandings of early modern scholarship and blurs distinctions between the physical and mental labor that made the remarkable works of this period possible.ââChristine Jacobson, Book PostâScholarship is a kind of heroism in Graftonâs account, his nine protagonistsâ aching backs and tired eyes evidence of their valiant dedication to the pursuit of knowledge.ââLondon Review of Books
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An Open Letters Review Best Book of the YearâGrafton presents largely unfamiliar materialâŠin a clear, even breezy styleâŠErudite.ââMichael Dirda, Washington PostIn this celebration of bookmaking in all its messy and intricate detail, Anthony Grafton captures both the physical and mental labors that went into the golden age of the bookâcompiling notebooks, copying and correcting proofs, preparing copyâand shows us how scribes and scholars shaped influential treatises and forgeries.Inky Fingers ranges widely, from the theological polemics of the early days of printing to the pathbreaking works of Jean Mabillon and Baruch Spinoza. Grafton draws new connections between humanistic traditions and intellectual innovations, textual learning and the delicate, arduous, error-riddled craft of making books. Through it all, he reminds us that the life of the mind depends on the work of the hands, and the nitty gritty labor of printmakers has had a profound impact on the history of ideas.âDescribes magnificent achievements, storms of controversy, and sometimes the pure devilment of scholars and printersâŠCaptivating and often amusing.ââWall Street JournalâIdeas, in this vivid telling, emerge not just from minds but from hands, not to mention the biceps that crank a press or heft a ream of paper.ââNew York Review of BooksâGrafton upends idealized understandings of early modern scholarship and blurs distinctions between the physical and mental labor that made the remarkable works of this period possible.ââChristine Jacobson, Book PostâScholarship is a kind of heroism in Graftonâs account, his nine protagonistsâ aching backs and tired eyes evidence of their valiant dedication to the pursuit of knowledge.ââLondon Review of Books
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