Archives for February 2024

OTD 28 February 1803

Memorial of the Edinburgh Compositors to the Court of Session. This was a request from the compositors of Edinburgh that they be allowed to convene a meeting: the Combination Acts were in force at the time, preventing workmen from acting together to improve their conditions. Permission was granted and a request for an increase in […]

Unfinished business: Print Networks 2024

This year’s Print Networks conference, Unfinished Business: Progress, Stasis and New Directions in the study of the Book Trade since Peter Isaac, will be held at Newcastle University on 910 July 2024. Details of the call for papers are on the Centre for Printing History and Culture website. Please submit abstracts of 200250 words by February […]