Dru Drury, his Illustrations of natural history (1770-82) and the European market for printed books
1985; Brill; Volume: 15; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1163/157006985x00081
ISSN1570-0690
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Art and Culture Studies
ResumoAbstract This study attempts to show how the English entomologist, Dru Drury (1725-1804) exported his only published book, Illustrations of natural history, which appeared in three volumes between 1770 and 1782. Drury used three contacts on the European mainland: the Amsterdam bookseller, Jan Christian Sepp; the German botanist, Paul Dietrich Giseke and the Danish naturalist, Morten Thrane Brunnich. Drury's letters to these three men form the basis of the study. An examination of them reveal some of the problems encountered in the international book-trade in the eighteenth century (such as parcels going missing and the difficulties of payment) and show some of the formalities that had to be undertaken when exporting.
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