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- Title
Stefan Laube (Hrsg.), Einladende Buch-Anfänge. Titelbilder des Wissens in der frühen Neuzeit. (Wolfenbütteler Forschungen, Bd. 170.) Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz 2022.
- Authors
Zittel, Claus
- Abstract
The book review discusses the work "Inviting Book Beginnings. Title Pages of Knowledge in the Early Modern Period" by Stefan Laube. The book examines frontispieces from the 17th and 18th centuries in various fields and their functions. Questions are raised about the relationship between text and image, the collaboration of the actors involved, and the significance of frontispieces for understanding the book. The contributions emphasize the communicative, representative, and propagandistic function of frontispieces and analyze their allegorical, emblematic, and science-political image programs. The use of tree diagrams in ruler genealogies is also addressed. The volume provides an overview of previously unknown sources and emphasizes the importance of researching frontispieces.
- Subjects
GENEALOGY; ACTORS; EIGHTEENTH century; TREES; SEVENTEENTH century
- Publication
Historische Zeitschrift, 2024, Vol 318, Issue 2, p465
- ISSN
0018-2613
- Publication type
Book Review
- DOI
10.1515/hzhz-2024-1100