I am posting this for a list member who is having technical
ifficulties. --ECW
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Re: Emending Printer's Ornament, c. 1660-1670s
Hello, colleagues -
Might anyone on the List kindly direct me to a discussion, in any medium, on
the rather common practice, I take it, of 17thC English printers emending
(i.e., altering, restyling) and then reusing earlier ornaments? I'm seeking
documented instances of this practice, circa 1660s-1670s.
Though I've been deep into Irishwomen's political writings (pre-1800) these
last few years, a colleague has recently taken me back to an interesting
situation of an anonymous printer who evidently reconfigured a pre-existing
ornament of possibly the 1630s or '40s for use as a factotum on a
privately-published (even unauthorized) broadsheet poem of 1679, addressed
to Charles II on the Popish Plot. (In such a treacherous climate, there was
special handling indeed of certain content at all levels of literary
production, from authorship and presswork to product transmission.)
I've been casting a wide net on the matter, with some good catches, to date;
and I hasten to thank several specialists, including graphic arts
practitioners, who've already responded, earlier this month.
Kindly reply off list for further details & with your thoughts, musings,
direction, etc.
Cordial regards and 'Happy Summer,' all,
Maureen E. Mulvihill
Princeton Research Forum
Princeton, NJ.
mulvihill@nyc.rr.com
http://www.millersville.edu/~resound/ephelia/
www.yeatssociety.org/coole.html