MAUREEN BELL AND TOM LOCKWOOD WILL DELIVER A PAPER ENTITLED 'ORDERED THAT THE CLERKE HENCEFORWARD SHALL KEEPE A WAST BOOKE…'.

On Tuesday, 17 December 2024, at 5.30 p.m., at the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, and online via Zoom. Maureen Bell and Tom Lockwood will deliver a paper entitled 'Ordered That the Clerke henceforward shall keepe a Wast Booke…'. This paper identifies and explores ‘The Wast Register booke for entring of Coppies’ that the Stationers’ Company started to keep on 7 April 1687. The speakers will locate that document among the Company’s records, and show the ways in which it provides a new opportunity both to investigate the practices of the Stationers and to cast new light on Restoration authors and their work.