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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

COME AND LEARN ABOUT SCIENCE AND HISTORY TOGETHER!! We are at #GlaSciFest running fun science experiments from genuine 17th-century how-to book instructions. Come and find us at the Riverside Museum Sunday-Wedneaday #science #history

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Meet us at the GLASGOW SCIENCE FESTIVAL! Together, we’ll test real experiments from 16th-c how-to books. Try your hand at making a floating compass or writing with invisible ink, and discover the quirky world of early modern practical knowledge. You can find us at the Riverside Museum (June 7-10).

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Stirling Maxwell Centre @uofgsmc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Are you a student at the @uofgied.bsky.social? We’re recruiting a Science Communicator Intern for a project with @howtobooks.bsky.social and the Glasgow Science Festival. Bringing Early Modern science to the age of TikTok videos. Come join us! glasgow.targetconnect.net/leap/jobs.ht...

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

WE ARE HIRING! If you're a student @glasgow.ac.uk or know someone who is, you may be interested in an internship opportunity to help design and carry out a public engagement activity at Glasgow Science Festival. 👉 glasgow.targetconnect.net/leap/jobs.ht... #science #sciencefestival #GlaSciFest

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

📚 In our latest blog post, Stefan Laube reflects on a recent workshop on 'Knowing How! The Transmission of Practical Knowledge in the Middle Ages' at the Herzog August Bibliothek Read more here 👇 howtobook.hypotheses.org/6036

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

New on the blog: @jamesafox.bsky.social explores the unique materiality of a rare surving copy of a recipe book by the famous 'authress' Hannnah Woolley 🎂 Read more here 👇 howtobook.hypotheses.org/6000 #recipes #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

"Perhaps the greatest life hack of all is to stop reducing the world to mere utility, and instead to dwell in life’s quiet, unruly, exquisite imperfection" Words of wisdom from Stefan Laube in our latest blog post - read more here 👇 howtobook.hypotheses.org/5869

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Tearing off Time. The Tyranny of the Daily Life Hack.

The year 2026 is already nearly two months old – and yet it feels lighter, more unburdened than the last. Why? Because my life is no longer measured by a tear-off calendar. It did not blink. It did no...

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

In our latest blog post, Alina Lange explores the material, sensory-affective world of early modern pattern books 🧵 Read more here 👉 howtobook.hypotheses.org/5815 #crafts #needlework #earlymodern #bookhistory

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

New our blog, @jamesafox.bsky.social on Robert Burns and the how-to of barrel gauging 📏🛢📖🍺 howtobook.hypotheses.org/5697 #bookhistory #robertburns #taxes

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

📚 What made plants undesirable according to #earlymodern how-to books? In our latest #blog Stefan Laube explores household books on the practice of weeding 🌿 howtobook.hypotheses.org/5594

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James Fox @jamesafox.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Pleased to see this out in the open at last 😀

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

📚 New on our blog, @jamesafox.bsky.social in search of how-to Sammelbände... howtobook.hypotheses.org/5519 #bookhistory #booksky

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dehypotheses @dehypotheses.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

#Fireworks shifted from expert knowledge at court to bourgeois #DIY & finally to mass consumption. What was once controlled craft & symbolic order is now a deregulated spectacle with social, ecological & psychological costs. howtobook.hypotheses... #EverydayHistory @howtobooks.bsky.social

Thames firework 1749 with music from Handel, Public Domain, Wikimedia

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

In our latest blog post, Clément Poupard discusses his research on early modern memory manuals, which he shared at our recent workshop on 'Body - Health - Home' at the Herzog August Bibliothek. 👉 Find out more here: howtobook.hypotheses.org/4960

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Last week we ran a 2-day workshop at the Herzog August Bibliothek on the theme of 'Body-Health-Home', featuring a host of great papers, a 17th-century salad reconstruction, and, of course, some amazing how-to books 📚 Read more here: howtobook.hypotheses.org/4800 #bookhistory #library #workshop

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Stirling Maxwell Centre @uofgsmc.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Lucy Havard (@caiuscollege.bsky.social) on Early Modern household compilations for the preservation of the body. Putting the surgeon’s word into practical context… @howtobooks.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Making a medieval manuscript was an artful process that required many types of specialised knowledge. Our latest article by @guyfassler.bsky.social is a catalogue of everything you need to know about making medieval books that would last a millennium. scilicet.org.uk/everything-y... #skystorians

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

🎆Happy #GuyFawkesDay! Before and after the 1605 gunpowder plot, fireworks were an important part of celebrations. But what were they made of? In our latest article, @jamesafox.bsky.social explores the fascinating book that taught the art of making fire scilicet.org.uk/before-and-a... #Skystorians

An etching of the Royal Fireworks display on the Thames, London, England 1749

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Martine van Elk @martinevanelk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Today on the blog: a magnificent find by @franceswolfreston.bsky.social of a book that the poet Katherine Philips gave to Mary Jeffreys; a discussion with important scholarly implications for the study of Philips earlymodernfemalebookownership.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/h... #EarlyModern #HerBook

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

👀 Want to find out more about our project? Team members Alina Lange and Stefan Laube recently appeared on the Herzog August Library podcast to discuss the fascinating world of early modern how-to books. 👉 Listen along (in German) here: www.hab.de/podcast-22-v... #bookhistory #libraries #podcast

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

This week we have a special article in which we share our thoughts about the History of Knowledge and what it means to us. It was great fun to write and we hope you will find it thought provoking! #skystorians #historyofknowledge scilicet.org.uk/what-is-the-...

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What is the history of knowledge? | Scilicet

Scilicet is a blog dedicated to the history of knowledge. In the broadest terms, we’re interested in what people in the past knew, what it meant to know things, and what we as historians can learn abo...

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James Fox @jamesafox.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The #cfp deadline for our 2026 conference on 'Print and Education is now just under 2 months away!! If anyone would like to discuss a proposal with me, feel free to get in touch. #bookhistory #Education #conference

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

In our latest article, @jamesafox.bsky.social charts the meteoric rise and eventual decline of #18thcentury mathematician 🧮 Thomas Simpson. 👉 Read more here: scilicet.org.uk/becoming-a-m... #history #mathematics #skystorians

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

In our latest blog post, intern Sandrine Hoppe explores the earliest known recipe book authored by a woman in vernacular German, Anna Wecker's Ein köstlich new kochbuck (1598) howtobook.hypotheses.org/4596 #bookhistory #cookbook #blog

Title page of Ein köstlich new kochbuck (1598)

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🤔 Is it better to learn from the wisdom of the ancients or from your experience gained over time? 📚 In our latest blog post, @guyfassler.bsky.social explores a 15th-century Tuscan dialogue debating that very question... scilicet.org.uk/whats-the-po... #bookhistory #medieval #knowledge

Leon Battista Alberti, (possibly) Self-Portrait, c. 1435

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

🐝 Beekeeping was a staple of early modern how-to books. A new blog post by @jamesafox.bsky.social explores the changing tone of English apicultural books... #beekeeping #bookhistory

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

In our latest #blog post, Stefan Laube explores the role of #how-to knowledge in the long span of human history Read more here: howtobook.hypotheses.org/4498

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

New on our #blog: @jamesafox.bsky.social explores the unique #marginalia in a one-of-a-kind 16th-century French arithmetic book from the Herzog August Bibliothek 📖🇩🇪🧮 Read more here: howtobook.hypotheses.org/4415 #bookhistory #rarebooks #knowledge #mathematics

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

In our latest blog post @jamesafox.bsky.social examines the only surviving copy of the first Paracelsian medical text printed in English, 1575 - an important milestone in the history of Anglophone how-to books. howtobook.hypotheses.org/4371 #bookhistory #rarebooks #medicalhistory

A rare treasure in the Ferguson collection: The true and perfect order to distill oyles (1575)

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Universal Short Title Catalogue @universalstc.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🚨Call for Papers: The 18th St Andrews/USTC Book History Conference on 'Print and Education' will take place 18–20 June 2026. 👉 Further details here: www.ustc.ac.uk/conference 📅 Application deadline: 12 December 2025 📖 We look forward to receiving your proposals! #CfP #bookhistory #skystorians

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Elmswell Hall in Yorkshire, where 17th-century landowner Henry Best handwrote a farming #how-to book for his son. In our latest blog, @jamesafox.bsky.social compares Best's advice on beekeeping with a printed equivalent. 📚🐝 👉 howtobook.hypotheses.org/4150 #bookhistory #bees #nationalwritingday

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lisbettarp.bsky.social @lisbettarp.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I am looking very much forward to reading the publication!

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Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Registration for the Tudor England and the Antwerp Book Trade conference (8-11 July 2025) is now open! Join us in person in wonderful Antwerp and sign up: tinyurl.com/TudorAntwerp! #EarlyModern #BookHistory #RareBooks Spread the woooooord!

Detail of Abraham Ortelius' hand coloured map of Europe focused on the North Sea with Antwerp and London depicted.

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Last month the Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and German 🇩🇪 sides of our project met in Glasgow. In our latest blog post, Alina Lange reports on a successful trip 👇 howtobook.hypotheses.org/3851

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Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg @evajohannaholmberg.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Between Marginal and Mainstream: Negotiating Experimental Practices and Medical Knowledge, 1600–1900, with Paola Bertucci, Lauren Kassell, and Markku Hokkanen as keynotes #earlymodern #histmed elbowresearch.com/call-for-pap...

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Call for Papers

Between Marginal and Mainstream: Negotiating Experimental Practices and Medical Knowledge, 1600–1900 We are delighted to invite papers for our international conference Between Marginal and Mainstre…

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Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Happy #NumeracyDay! ✖️➕➗🔢 We're celebrating by revisiting some excellent numeracy-related blog posts by @jamesafox.bsky.social First, we have the curious case of Cocker's Arithmetick being the butt of a joke scilicet.org.uk/no-laughing-... #SkyStorians #BookHistory #Numeracy

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No laughing matter? The curious case of Cocker’s Arithmetick | Scilicet

Why was Cocker’s Arithmetick, the most successful arithmetic textbook of its day, the butt of a joke?

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Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Really enjoyed working on this collaborative piece with @jamesafox.bsky.social and @guyfassler.bsky.social Hopefully the first of many more! #skystorians

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Whether on conduct or conversion, early modern etiquette manuals said much on the concept of 'galanterie'. 📖 Read more in our latest blog post by Stefan Laube 👇 howtobook.hypotheses.org/3633 #bookhistory #skystorians

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Early Modern How-to Books @howtobooks.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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Alex Wingate @bibliowingate.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#BookHistory friends! Work has begun on the LGBTQIA+ Book History bibliography, and the team is looking for you to share your citations! If you know of or have published something on LGBTQIA+ book history, submit it to this Google form! forms.gle/c1pkNBPbbyCF...

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SHARP LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography

Submit citations for the SHARP LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography! We are accepting citations for many different types of resources having to do with LGBTQIA+ book history. There are no restrictions o...

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Christian Algar @ceebarnacles.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Looks excellent! Long live the practical, knowledge-sharing books. My favourites!

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Many congratulations to @g-g-clay.bsky.social 🥇winner of the 2025 Hakluyt Society Essay Prize, and to runners up Peter Wells & James Fox www.hakluyt.com 🏆👏🏆👏🏆👏

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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

"The salad dresser, in Evelyn’s eyes, was nothing short of a maestro" I like to think I make a fine salad (and dressing)!

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