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LOST ILLUSIONS OR ADJUSTED AMBITIONS? THE CASE OF J.B. CARSTIAENSSENS STEVEN VAN IMPE HENDRIK CONSCIENCE LIBRARY ANTWERP

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LOST ILLUSIONS OR ADJUSTED AMBITIONS?

THE CASE OF J.B. CARSTIAENSSENS

STEVEN VAN IMPE

HENDRIK CONSCIENCE LIBRARY

ANTWERP

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ANTWERP

1648-1748: ‘CENTURY OF MISFORTUNE’

1713: AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS

AGE OF STABILITY

INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF LUXURY ITEMS

PRINTING FOR THE LOCALS

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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

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PRODUCTION

1772: COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS OF SNOW STATUES

AUTHOR: THE COUNT OF ROBIANO

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PRODUCTION

1789: PAMPHLETS IN SUPPORT OF THE BRABANT REVOLUTION

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PRODUCTION

1792: ANTI-FRENCH PAMPHLETS

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PRODUCTION

1772-1810: SMALL PRAYERS

MOSTLY LITANIES

12°, 2 LEAFS

HUNDREDS

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LOCATION

SOCIAL ‘DOWNFALL’ OF LOCATION

HARBOUR

COMMERCIAL CENTER

SECOND HAND MARKET

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LOCATION

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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

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SOCIAL STANDING

CARSTIAENSSENS:

ANTI-JOSEPHINE PAMPHLETS

ANTI-REVOLUTIONARY PAMPHLETS

SECRET MASSES WITH ‘A DOZEN’ ATTENDANTS

TRIAL FOLLOWED BY ‘THOUSANDS’