Catalogue: London Antiquarian Book Fair 2018
CATALOGUE: LONDON ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR 2018 www.pahor.de SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENA BROADSIDE: Just as sensationally negative new stories fascinate today’s public, generating intense media coverage, natural phenomena in former times captivated the people, resulting in a ERSCHRÖCKLICHE WUNDERZEICHEN, SO SICH IN MOSCAU, UNGARN, rich corpus of sermons, periodical articles, pamphlets, books and broadsides (such as the UND TEUTSCHLAND IN DIESEM 1673 JAHR BEGEBEN UND ZUGETRAGEN present work). Just as with false news stories today, sometimes (or in many cases) [TERRYFING SYMBOLS, WHICH APPEARED AND HAPPENED IN THIS contemporary publishers exaggerated, or even fabricated, the nature of the phenomena, YEAR 1673 IN MOSCOW, HUNGARY, AND GERMANY]. games with the truth that were hard to verify in a superstitious age before rapid communication. A rare broadside in German language showcases supernatural phenomena in Moscow, Hungary and Germany in 1673. Beyond the entertaining qualities of the print culture inspired by natural phenomena, such works are today historically valuable as insights into the nature of popular belief, Author: Anon. propaganda and the publishing industry in pre-Enlightenment Europe. Place and Year: S. l. [Germany] 1673. Technique: Copper engraving and letterpress (slightly age-toned, soft folds, tiny tears in It is worth noting that, as many of these works were of an ephemeral nature, made to margins and in the fold) 41 x 32 cm (16.1 x 12.6 inches). describe specific, one-time events, individual titles tend to be very rare. Code: 66208 Only one institutional example is recorded (Graphiksammlung im Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle). We could not find any references to the broadside in the literature.
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