The Printed Commonplace Book
England's Parnassus, A Treasure or Store-House of
Similies, and Palladis Tamia: Wits Treasury were
three of the commonplace books printed and sold in London around
1600. These three books illustrate the variety of the genre, both
in their selection of topics as well as
in the care that went into producing them.
The effect of print can be seen in these books, not only in their
very existence, but also in the way that they
are organized. Finally, scholarly
reaction to them was mixed; while considered useful, they
were also thought to encourage laziness.
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