New issue of Early Modern Low Countries (EMLC) published

The latest issue of the multidisciplinary Open Access journal Early Modern Low Countries (EMLC) is now available online. This special issue is titled: Knowledge Production in Natural History between Southeast Asia and the Low Countries. The volume is edited by Maria-Theresia Leuker, Charlotte Kießling, and Anjana Singh.

This issue contains the following articles:

Gijsbert M. van de Roemer, The Serious Naturalist and the Frivolous Collector: Convergent and Divergent Approaches to Nature in D’Amboinsche Rariteitkamer

Siegfried Huigen, Repackaging East Indies Natural History in François Valentyn’s Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën

As well as the following reviews:

Harriet Stone, Crowning Glories. Netherlandish Realism and the French Imagination during the Reign of Louis XIV, review by Michele L. Frederick

Sophie Raux, Lotteries, Art Markets, and Visual Culture in the Low Countries, 15th-17th Centuries, review by Angela Jager

Marisa Anne Bass, Insect Artifice. Nature and Art in the Dutch Revolt, review by Catherine Powell

EMLC is dedicated to the study of the history and culture of the Low Countries between 1500 and 1830. EMLC is a peer-reviewed journal. We will consider new contributions in the fields of history, literary studies, art history, and related areas of study. We also welcome suggestions for book reviews or notes. It is published by Uopen Journals and appears twice a year. For information about the journal you can visit our website or contact Judith Noorman or Ralph Dekoninck, the art historians of our team of editors.

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