Joseph Moxon: A re-fashioned appraisal

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Hargrave, J. 2015. Joseph Moxon: A re-fashioned appraisal. Script and Print: bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand. 39 (3), pp. 163-181.
AuthorsHargrave, J.
Abstract

Printer Joseph Moxon's legacy to print culture has suffered from myriad, often conflicting interpretations by book historians from the late nineteenth century to present day. Who really was Joseph Moxon (1627-1691), born in Wakefield, England the son of Puritan English printer James Moxon? Through a historical appraisal of Moxon's professional interests and associations with the Stationer's Company and the Royal Society of London, and a brief analysis of specific editorial aspects of 'Mechanick Exercises or, The Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the Art of Printing', this paper will first provide a clearer picture of Joseph Moxon as self-fashioning pragmatist and then redefine his place within print culture - that is, as a pivotal contributor not only to the mechanical art of printing but also to the standardisation of editorial practice.

Keywordseditorial practice; early modern print culture; printing
Year2015
JournalScript and Print: bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand
Journal citation39 (3), pp. 163-181
PublisherBibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand
ISSN1834-9013
Web address (URL)https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/INFORMIT.473337499287786
Output statusPublished
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OnlineOct 2015
2015
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Deposited05 Sep 2022
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