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This research note is the eighth instalment in our series of preliminary findings on the census and study of the reception of De iure belli ac pacis. The note presents a bibliographical description of Laurentius' 1647 re-issue of the 1631 edition by Blaeu, considers Laurentius' motivation and methods of production, lists and maps the currently known twenty-three surviving copies, and briefly describes two notable exemplars. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research note offers a contextual overview of the printing history of Johann Blaeu's 1646 octavo edition of Hugo Grotius's De iure belli ac pacis (IBP). The note examines the printing process of the last edition that was prepared while Grotius was still alive, though it was published after his death. The note also sheds light on the theological dimension of some readers' annotations, and concludes by discussing the impact this edition had on the modern versions of the text. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This note studies the 1650 edition of Hugo Grotius's De iure belli ac pacis. Using online and card catalogues, we have located eighty-nine copies, thirty-seven of which we examined in person, with an additional six fully digitised copies online. We hope that this research note on the preliminary results will generate greater interest in this unduly neglected edition. The note shows how, despite the connection established in the history of seventeenth-century politics that emphasized the ties between Grotius and the Peace of Westphalia, the reception of Grotius's 1650 edition bore no relation to the debates at Osnabrück and Münster. However, this is an influential edition, cherished by collectors and authors. According to our findings, it would be reproduced in a number of later reprints. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lux Librorum: Essays on Books and History for Chris Coppens is a Festschrift honoring the esteemed Flemish book historian and librarian Chris Coppens. The collection consists of eleven essays arranged chronologically, covering topics such as publishing, book collections, and the digital turn in reading. The book also includes a preface about Coppens' life and work, as well as a comprehensive bibliography of his extensive oeuvre. While the introduction lacks thematic grouping and attention to the history of bookshops or libraries in Leuven, the collection showcases the richness and many facets of book history, making it a fitting tribute to Coppens' distinguished career. [Extracted from the article]

This article considers how markers of place function differently in the print book ecosystem vs. the ebook ecosystem, using books associated with Australia and Western Australia as a case study. Although book historians have mostly failed to engage with ebooks as subject matter, they have considered in some detail the way in which markers of place function in the print book ecosystem. By surveying the scholarly output of book historians working with mapping technologies, it is possible to conclude that, in the print book ecosystem, there exist a handful of markers identifying the following categories: places associated with a book's setting, its author, its publication, its purchase, and its marketing and publicity. The latter three markers look substantially different in the ebook ecosystem than in the print book ecosystem. Furthermore, in the ebook ecosystem, changes to these three markers can mediate setting and author as markers of place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a bibliography on the history of books, specifically authorship, editing, production, publishing, selling, reading, and libraries. "How Politics and Markets Shaped the Ideology & Culture of Aestheticism, 1790-1900," by Gene H. Bell-Villada; "Max Perkins: Editor of Genius," by A. Scott Berg; "Annals of Printing: A Chronological Encyclopedia from the Earliest Times to 1950," by William Turner Berry and H.E. Poole.

Presents a bibliography on the business of book publishing in the United States and Great Britain. Chronicle of new companies, mergers, business failures, and resuscitations; Aspects of publishing; Articles in trade journals; "Book Publishing in America," by Charles A. Madison; "The Truth About Publishing," by Stanley Unwin; "Selling Rights," by Lynette Owen; "The Book in the United States," by Gordon Graham and Richard Abel.

Presents a bibliography on the history of books in the United States and Great Britain, specifically commissioning, proofreading, copy-editing of usage, and copy-editing of style. "Book Commissioning and Acquisition," by Gill Davies; "Basic Proofreading by Distance Learning," by Gillian Clarke; "A Dictionary of Modern American Usage," by Bryan A. Garner; "Copy-editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Authors and Publishers," by Judith Butcher.