Reading mathematics in early modern Europe : studies in the production, collection, and use of mathematical books /
edited by Philip Beeley, Yelda Nasifoglu and Benjamin Wardhaugh.
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Material readings in early modern culture .
Libraries and archives contain many thousands of early modern mathematical books, of which almost equally many bear readers' marks, ranging from deliberate annotations and accidental blots to corrections and underlinings. Such evidence provides us with the material and intellectual tools for exploring the nature of mathematical reading and the ways in which mathematics was disseminated and assimilated across different social milieus in the early centuries of print culture. Other evidence is important, too, as the case studies collected in the volume document. Scholarly correspondence can help us understand the motives and difficulties in producing new printed texts, library catalogues can illuminate collection practices, while manuscripts can teach us more about textual traditions. By defining and illuminating the distinctive world of early modern mathematical reading, the volume seeks to close the gap between the history of mathematics as a history of texts and history of mathematics as part of the broader history of human culture.
9781000207477 1000207471 9781000207392 1000207390 9781003102557 1003102557 9781000207439 1000207439
10.4324/9781003102557 doi
Euclid--Influence.
Mathematics--History.--Europe
Mathematics--Early works to 1800.--Europe
Mathematics--Textbooks.--Europe
Books and reading--History.--Europe
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
QA24 / .R42 2021
510.9409031
Libraries and archives contain many thousands of early modern mathematical books, of which almost equally many bear readers' marks, ranging from deliberate annotations and accidental blots to corrections and underlinings. Such evidence provides us with the material and intellectual tools for exploring the nature of mathematical reading and the ways in which mathematics was disseminated and assimilated across different social milieus in the early centuries of print culture. Other evidence is important, too, as the case studies collected in the volume document. Scholarly correspondence can help us understand the motives and difficulties in producing new printed texts, library catalogues can illuminate collection practices, while manuscripts can teach us more about textual traditions. By defining and illuminating the distinctive world of early modern mathematical reading, the volume seeks to close the gap between the history of mathematics as a history of texts and history of mathematics as part of the broader history of human culture.
9781000207477 1000207471 9781000207392 1000207390 9781003102557 1003102557 9781000207439 1000207439
10.4324/9781003102557 doi
Euclid--Influence.
Mathematics--History.--Europe
Mathematics--Early works to 1800.--Europe
Mathematics--Textbooks.--Europe
Books and reading--History.--Europe
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
QA24 / .R42 2021
510.9409031