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Lost illusions or adjusted ambitions? The case of Jan-Baptist CarstiaenssensTRANSCRIPT
LOST ILLUSIONS OR ADJUSTED AMBITIONS?
THE CASE OF J.B. CARSTIAENSSENS
STEVEN VAN IMPE
HENDRIK CONSCIENCE LIBRARY
ANTWERP
ANTWERP
1648-1748: ‘CENTURY OF MISFORTUNE’
1713: AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS
AGE OF STABILITY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF LUXURY ITEMS
PRINTING FOR THE LOCALS
CARSTIAENSSENS
1767: APPRENTICE
1772: INDEPENDANT PRINTER, ‘BLACK EAGLE’
1776: SECOND MARRIAGE, BANKRUPCY
1777: A NEW START, ‘WHITE CROSS’
1789: AT THE ‘OEVER’; BRABANT REVOLUTION
1797: TRIAL FOR ANTI-FRENCH PAMPHLETS
1810: CLOSED DOWN BY THE FRENCH, ✝ 1802
PRODUCTION
1772: COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS OF SNOW STATUES
AUTHOR: THE COUNT OF ROBIANO
PRODUCTION
1789: PAMPHLETS IN SUPPORT OF THE BRABANT REVOLUTION
PRODUCTION
1792: ANTI-FRENCH PAMPHLETS
PRODUCTION
1772-1810: SMALL PRAYERS
MOSTLY LITANIES
12°, 2 LEAFS
HUNDREDS
LOCATION
SOCIAL ‘DOWNFALL’ OF LOCATION
HARBOUR
COMMERCIAL CENTER
SECOND HAND MARKET
LOCATION
SOCIAL STANDING
H.-J. MARTIN, “LES ESPACES DE LA VENTE À PARIS”
‘LA BOUTIQUE, LIEU DE SOCIABILITÉ’
CONSTITUTES A ‘MICROMILIEU’
MODEL FOR UPPER CLASS PRINTERS
SOCIAL STANDING
CARSTIAENSSENS:
ANTI-JOSEPHINE PAMPHLETS
ANTI-REVOLUTIONARY PAMPHLETS
SECRET MASSES WITH ‘A DOZEN’ ATTENDANTS
TRIAL FOLLOWED BY ‘THOUSANDS’