Lost illusions or adjusted ambitions? The case of Jan-Baptist Carstiaenssens

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

2. ANTWERP
1648-1748: ‘CENTURY OF
MISFORTUNE’
1713: AUSTRIAN
NETHERLANDS
AGE OF STABILITY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF
LUXURY ITEMS
PRINTING FOR THE LOCALS

3. 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

4. PRODUCTION
1772: COLLECTION OF
ENGRAVINGS OF SNOW
STATUES
AUTHOR: THE COUNT OF
ROBIANO

5. PRODUCTION
1789: PAMPHLETS IN
SUPPORT OF THE BRABANT
REVOLUTION

6. PRODUCTION
1792: ANTI-FRENCH
PAMPHLETS

7. PRODUCTION
1772-1810: SMALL
PRAYERS
MOSTLY LITANIES
12°, 2 LEAFS
HUNDREDS

8. LOCATION
SOCIAL ‘DOWNFALL’ OF LOCATION
HARBOUR
COMMERCIAL CENTER
SECOND HAND MARKET

9. LOCATION

10. 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

11. SOCIAL STANDING
CARSTIAENSSENS:
ANTI-JOSEPHINE PAMPHLETS
ANTI-REVOLUTIONARY PAMPHLETS
SECRET MASSES WITH ‘A DOZEN’ ATTENDANTS
TRIAL FOLLOWED BY ‘THOUSANDS’