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Knowledge in the Marketplace: The Rare Book Trade, History of Science, and the Sociology of Texts

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: The rare book trade plays a large but almost entirely unacknowledged role in the formation of historical knowledge. This essay draws on the author's experience in both academic history of science and rare book dealing, in order to explain the differences between these two activities, and ways in which they might be brought closer together-to the benefit of both.

Source: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte

DOI: 10.1002/bewi.70049

Author: Boris Jardine

Language: English

Topic: Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W7225093278

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