The Hague

Amsterdam edition of Biblia, dat is, de gantsche H Schrifture

To the Victor the Spoils

By Andrew Pettegree | Throughout the history of print, the Bible was a perennial favourite of the industry.  This was the text with which Gutenberg chose to announce his great invention, and for centuries thereafter Bibles, New Testaments and psalm books formed the cornerstone of the collections of those who could afford books; and if … Read more

USTC 6030412, title page

Circulating Scandalous News in Early Modern Europe

By Sandra Toffolo | In 1637 in Grenoble Magdeleine d’Auvermont was accused of adultery by relatives of her husband: she had given birth to a son, but her husband had been away in Germany for the past four years. This was according to a pamphlet published in Paris that same year. Magdeleine, however, claimed that … Read more