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Myth-busting early modern book illustration, part two
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Myth-busting early modern book illustration, part two

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Erin Blake

The last round of book illustration myth-busting looked at how copper plates wear out (and how they don’t wear out). This time, I’d like to take a bucket of archival research and dump it on a related myth. How many…

Myth-busting early modern book illustration, part one
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Myth-busting early modern book illustration, part one

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Erin Blake

There’s a common core of misconceptions that many readers of this blog will be accustomed to dispelling thanks to their interest in Shakespeare and Early Modern Europe. “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” doesn’t mean “Where’d you go, Romeo?!” Historic…