Der sichere Umgang mit Quellen ist das Fundament für die eigenständige Erforschung und ein tieferes Verständnis jeder historischen Epoche. Der dritten Band der "Werkzeuge der Historiker:innen" stellt das Handwerkszeug für die Arbeit mit Quellen der Frühen Neuzeit und des 19. Jahrhunderts bereit und bietet eine systematische Einführung in die zugehörigen historischen "Grundwissenschaften". Beispielorientiert stellen Jan Simon Karstens und sein Team ausgewiesener Expert:innen Disziplinen wie...

This book presents the story of a unique collection of 140 manuscripts of ‘learned magic’ that was sold for a fantastic sum within the clandestine channels of the German book trade in the early eighteenth century. The book will interpret this collection from two angles – as an artefact of the early modern book market as well as the longue-durée tradition of Western learned magic –, thus taking a new stance towards scribal texts that are often regarded as eccentric, peripheral, or marginal....

This book presents and explores a challenging new approach in book history. It offers a coherent volume of thirteen chapters in the field of early modern book history covering a wide range of topics and it is written by renowned scholars in the field. The rationale and content of this volume will revitalize the theoretical and methodological debate in book history.The book will be of interest to scholars and students in the field of early modern book history as well as in a range o...