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According to the Introduction, this book attempts to record over 1,400 of the publications, almost all with
exceptions noted, of New London printers from May 1, 1709 through the year 1800. The output of the several
presses was surprisingly large because all the printing done between the spring of 1709 and the autumn of 1754 in
the Colony of Connecticut was done in New London. Johnson also includes twenty-three British Royal
coats-of-arms used on New London printings of colony laws from 1709 to 1775. The appendices include sections
on the Rogerenes, newspapers published in New London in the 18th century, election sermons printed in New
London, and New London printers and booksellers. [Order No. 44037]
120. Nissenbaum, Stephen W. CHRISTMAS IN EARLY NEW ENGLAND 1620-1820: PURI-
TANISM, POPULAR CULTURE, AND THE PRINTED WORD. Worcester: American Antiquarian
Society, 1997, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. pp. 79-164. ISBN 0944026729. $15.00 $11.25
Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Volume 106, Part I. Nissenbaum's essay
traces how Puritans tried to keep Christmas out of New England and how the holiday still managed to return.
Christmas entered first into the margins of New England culture, and then, by the latter half of the
eighteenth-century, into its very mainstream. The struggle over this holiday was waged with the weapon of the
printing press, and most especially in the region's almanacs, its hymnals, and its children's literature. These may
have been the three most widely-read genres of all in New England - the very places where official and unofficial
culture were mostly intertwined. The reappearance of older popular traditions of wassailing and begging in
printed form suggests both a continuity with older rituals and a transformation of those rituals by respectable,
even "official" culture. [Order No. 47111]
121. Schreyer, Alice D., William S. Reese, and Robert H. Jackson. COLLECTORS & SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS, THREE TALKS. Washington: Library of Congress, 2002, 8vo., stiff patterned paper
wrappers. 56 pages. ISBN 0844410166. $10.00 $7.50
Preface by John Cole and introduction by Daniel DeSimone, followed by the short essays by the authors on the
general subject of collecting. These talks were given at a symposium at the Library of Congress to wide acclaim.
Nicely printed and bound. [Order No. 71687]
122. (Comenius) Rood, Wilhelmus. COMENIUS AND THE LOW COUNTRIES. SOME ASPECTS
OF LIFE AND WORK OF A CZECH EXILE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Amsterdam:
HES & DE GRAAF, 1970, 8vo, cloth. 275 pages. ISBN 9789061948506. $100.00 $75.00
This study follows Comenius' life in Holland and analyses the contacts with his contemporaries, adding quite an
amount of unknown facts to the knowledge about this important scholar and pedagogue. Sales rights: Available
outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103365]
123. Havens, Earle. COMMONPLACE BOOKS: A HISTORY OF MANUSCRIPTS AND
PRINTED BOOKS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. (New Haven, CT):
Yale University, 2001, 4to., stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 99 pages. $17.50 $13.13
Exhibition catalogue portraying the collection of rare books and manuscripts that was displayed at the Beinecke
Rare Book and Manuscript Library from late July to September, 2001 The event was presented in two parts: (1) the
meaning of "commonplace" and how it developed over the centuries and (2) how manuscripts were used in
scholarly studies. Commonplace Books contains descriptions from titles such as the first modern history of
commonplace books Polyhistor, literarius, philosophicus et practicus. Foreword by Stephen Parks. [Order No.
99718]
124. Kirsop, Wallace (editor). THE COMMONWEALTH OF BOOKS: ESSAYS AND STUDIES
IN HONOUR OF IAN WILLISON. With the assistance of Meredith Sherlock. (Melbourne): Centre
for the Book, Monash University, 2007, 6.5 x 9.5 inches, hardcover. 283 pages. ISBN 9780732640026.
$70.00 $52.50
The present volume brings together a selection of essays and studies by some of Willison's many friends,
colleagues and associates in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
and Germany. The topics covered-on book history, libraries, archives and scholarship-reflect the breadth of his
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