DR ANGUS VINE is Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture at the University of Stirling. His research focuses on the literary and intellectual history of the seventeenth century, with interests in book history, history of information, global history, and the material text, as well as in textual editing. He took his BA, MA, MPhil, and PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge, and held posts at the University of Cambridge (200509) and the University of Sussex (200911) before taking up his present position. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

The author succeeds totally in his aims, presenting a very rich tapestry and showing an impressive display of wide and deep reading. His writing style engages the reader's interest and involvement in the story ... over his global canvas Professor Vine demonstrates triumphantly the wide range of interests of early modern merchants as shown in their various books.

• Introduction: The Merchant> 's Two Cultures 1: Accounts, Merchants, and the Material Book 2: An Album at Isfahan, a London Collection, and Three Cornish Miscellanies 3: Documents of a Turkey Merchant> 's Life 4: Lewes Roberts> 's Map of Commerce 5: Walter Mountfort> 's Salty Defence 6: Nathaniel Brading> 's Travelling Library 7: Marmaduke Rawdon, Merchant Antiquary 8: James Boevey> 's Active Philosophy Coda:: Knowledge in Transition: Merchants and Mobility

DR ANGUS VINE is Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture at the University of Stirling. His research focuses on the literary and intellectual history of the seventeenth century, with interests in book history, history of information, global history, and the material text, as well as in textual editing. He took his BA, MA, MPhil, and PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge, and held posts at the University of Cambridge (200509) and the University of Sussex (200911) before taking up his present position. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

The author succeeds totally in his aims, presenting a very rich tapestry and showing an impressive display of wide and deep reading. His writing style engages the reader's interest and involvement in the story ... over his global canvas Professor Vine demonstrates triumphantly the wide range of interests of early modern merchants as shown in their various books.

• Introduction: The Merchant> 's Two Cultures 1: Accounts, Merchants, and the Material Book 2: An Album at Isfahan, a London Collection, and Three Cornish Miscellanies 3: Documents of a Turkey Merchant> 's Life 4: Lewes Roberts> 's Map of Commerce 5: Walter Mountfort> 's Salty Defence 6: Nathaniel Brading> 's Travelling Library 7: Marmaduke Rawdon, Merchant Antiquary 8: James Boevey> 's Active Philosophy Coda:: Knowledge in Transition: Merchants and Mobility

DR ANGUS VINE is Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture at the University of Stirling. His research focuses on the literary and intellectual history of the seventeenth century, with interests in book history, history of information, global history, and the material text, as well as in textual editing. He took his BA, MA, MPhil, and PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge, and held posts at the University of Cambridge (200509) and the University of Sussex (200911) before taking up his present position. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

The author succeeds totally in his aims, presenting a very rich tapestry and showing an impressive display of wide and deep reading. His writing style engages the reader's interest and involvement in the story ... over his global canvas Professor Vine demonstrates triumphantly the wide range of interests of early modern merchants as shown in their various books.

• Introduction: The Merchant> 's Two Cultures 1: Accounts, Merchants, and the Material Book 2: An Album at Isfahan, a London Collection, and Three Cornish Miscellanies 3: Documents of a Turkey Merchant> 's Life 4: Lewes Roberts> 's Map of Commerce 5: Walter Mountfort> 's Salty Defence 6: Nathaniel Brading> 's Travelling Library 7: Marmaduke Rawdon, Merchant Antiquary 8: James Boevey> 's Active Philosophy Coda:: Knowledge in Transition: Merchants and Mobility