Simon Eliot (1) (1947–)
Author of A Companion to the History of the Book
For other authors named Simon Eliot, see the disambiguation page.
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Series
Works by Simon Eliot
The Age of Enlightenment: An anthology of eighteenth-century texts: Volume 1 (1979) — Editor — 30 copies, 1 review
The Age of Enlightenment: An anthology of eighteenth-century texts: Volume 2 (1979) — Editor — 25 copies, 1 review
Associated Works
The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel (2001) — Contributor, some editions — 137 copies, 1 review
A Genius For Letters: Booksellers And Bookselling From The 16th To the 20th Century (1995) — Contributor — 15 copies
The Commonwealth Of Books: Essays and Studies in Honour of Ian Willison (2007) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Vol. 1
Imagine the pleasure of finding Voltaire, Samuel Johnson, Rousseau and Gibbon between one set of covers! Each author is prefaced by a couple of paragraphs explaining the significance of the piece and then, they are given free rein.
If there is any man brave enough to give this collection of the World's great thinkers less than five stars, its not I! Superb reading of people just beginning to exercise their new found right to question everything.
Imagine the pleasure of finding Voltaire, Samuel Johnson, Rousseau and Gibbon between one set of covers! Each author is prefaced by a couple of paragraphs explaining the significance of the piece and then, they are given free rein.
If there is any man brave enough to give this collection of the World's great thinkers less than five stars, its not I! Superb reading of people just beginning to exercise their new found right to question everything.
Vol. 2
I failed all history examinations during my schooling (which occurred nearly as long ago as the enlightenment) so, I cannot pretend to be anything other than an interested amateur upon the subject of the enlightenment. These two books are ,however, to me,amazing: the cognoscenti seems to have exploded with thoughts that would have been impossible just a few brief years earlier.
Even my poor grasp upon matters historical had accepted that the Enlightenment had happened and, I was show more prepared for Voltaire's brilliant contribution. What I did not know, was the very existence of the delightfully named, Batty Langley, or the moves to structure architecture and house design. It makes sense, when you think about it, many stately homes appear around this time in Britain and, they have considerable similarity.
I was also surprised to find the writings of the Comte de Buffon who nonchalantly tells of the length of the Earth's existence and gets precious close to beating Darwin to the idea of natural selection.
These books have been a real eye opener for me, and add greatly to my understanding as to how we have reached our present state of understanding of this World of ours. show less
I failed all history examinations during my schooling (which occurred nearly as long ago as the enlightenment) so, I cannot pretend to be anything other than an interested amateur upon the subject of the enlightenment. These two books are ,however, to me,amazing: the cognoscenti seems to have exploded with thoughts that would have been impossible just a few brief years earlier.
Even my poor grasp upon matters historical had accepted that the Enlightenment had happened and, I was show more prepared for Voltaire's brilliant contribution. What I did not know, was the very existence of the delightfully named, Batty Langley, or the moves to structure architecture and house design. It makes sense, when you think about it, many stately homes appear around this time in Britain and, they have considerable similarity.
I was also surprised to find the writings of the Comte de Buffon who nonchalantly tells of the length of the Earth's existence and gets precious close to beating Darwin to the idea of natural selection.
These books have been a real eye opener for me, and add greatly to my understanding as to how we have reached our present state of understanding of this World of ours. show less
Eliot och Rose har gjort ett bra jobb. Deras volym kan varmt rekommenderas som bästa inledning för alla som är historiskt intresserade och vill lära om bokens utveckling. De tar sig an begreppet boken i vid mening så att detta omfattar inte bara codex volymer och rullar, men också tidskrifter, småtryck, och till och med gamla babyloniska lertavlor. De fyrtio kapitlen de har sammansatts till en historia, natur, distribution och användning av dessa objekt, som sträcker sig från show more uppfinningen av skrivkulturen i nuvarande Irak i slutet av fjärde årtusendet f.Kr. till den nuvarande digitala revolutionen. Boken är up-to-date nog att inkludera utvecklingen så sent som 2006. show less
Sep 12, 2014Swedish
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