References
Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
Stationers' Hall
Map
The overlays that highlight 17th century London features are approximate and derived from Wenceslaus Hollar’s maps:
- Built-up London – London before the Fire
- City of London wall and Great Fire damage – London after the Fire
Open location in Google Maps: 51.513870, -0.100904
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Second Reading
Terry Foreman • Link
Stationers' Hall had been used for storage by the booksellers before the Fire.
San Diego Sarah • Link
Since we don't have a page for the Worshipful Company of Stationers, this seems to be a good spot to remind annotators that in the 17th century the concept of an individual author owning the copyright to their work had not yet emerged.
Authorship and publishing were collective endeavors, and the boundaries between authors, publishers, printers, and booksellers was indistinct.
For information about the collective nature of Early Modern authorship and publication, see Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1998, 58–60.