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{{Short description|Book historian of Dutch origin, active in the Netherlands and the UK}}
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'''Lotte Hellinga''' [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]] (born 1932) is a [[book historian]] and expert in early printing. She is an authority on the work of William Caxton.
[[File:Professoren, groepsportretten, Hellinga, Wytze, Querido, Lotte, Bestanddeelnr 919-6646.jpg|thumb|Wytze and Lotte Hellinga with their ''Printing Types'', 1966]]
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'''Lotte Hellinga''', [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]] (née Querido, born 1932) is a [[History of the book|book historian]] and expert in early printing. She is an authority on the work of [[William Caxton]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Lotte Hellinga was born in 1932.<ref>http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095929480</ref> She studied at [[Amsterdam University]] under [[W. Hellinga]] who later became her husband.<ref name=brit/>
Lotte Hellinga was born in 1932.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095929480 |title=Hellinga, Lotte (1932– ), Book historian |author=Goldfinch, John |encyclopedia=The Oxford Companion to the Book |editor1=Michael F. Suarez, S.J. |editor2=H. R. Woudhuysen |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2010 |isbn=9780198606536}}</ref> She studied at the [[University of Amsterdam]] under [[Wytze Hellinga]] who became her husband in 1973.<ref name=brit/>


==Career==
==Career==
Hellinga was a senior lecturer at the University of Amsterdam from 1967 to 1976, and General Secretary of the Consortium of European research libraries from 1992 to 2002.<ref name=brit/> Formerly she was deputy keeper of the [[British Library]].
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Hellinga was formerly deputy keeper [[British Library]]. She is an expert in the work of [[William Caxton]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-39846929 "'Incredibly rare' William Caxton print discovered".] Sean Coughlan, BBC News, 9 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.</ref>


In 1989 she was awarded the [[Gutenberg Prize of the International Gutenberg Society and the City of Mainz]].
She was elected a fellow of the [[British Academy]] in 1990.<ref name=brit>[http://www.britac.ac.uk/users/dr-lotte-hellinga Dr Lotte Hellinga.] British Academy. Retrieved 9 May 2017.</ref>

Hellinga was elected a corresponding member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/correspondents/4237 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823090949/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/correspondents/4237 |title=Lotte Hellinga-Querido |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |archive-date=23 August 2017}}</ref> In 1990, she was elected a fellow of the [[British Academy]], and from 1991 to 1994, was a member of its Council.<ref name=brit>{{cite web |url= http://www.britac.ac.uk/users/dr-lotte-hellinga |title= Dr Lotte Hellinga |publisher= British Academy |accessdate= 15 Mar 2018}}</ref>

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She is an expert in the work of the fifteenth-century printer [[William Caxton]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-39846929 |title='Incredibly rare' William Caxton print discovered |author=Coughlan, Sean |work=BBC News |date=9 May 2017 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref>


==Selected publications==
==Selected publications==
* ''The fifteenth-century printing types of the Low Countries'', 1966. (With W. Hellinga)
* ''The Fifteenth-Century Printing Types of the Low Countries'', 1966. (With W. Hellinga)
* ''Caxton in Focus: The Beginning of Printing in England''. British Library, 1982.
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* ''The Cambridge history of the book in Britain'', (vol 3). [[Cambridge University Press]], Cambridge, 1999.
* ''Analytical bibliography and the study of early printed books'', 1989.
* ''Analytical Bibliography and the Study of Early Printed Books'', ''Gutenberg-Jahrbuch'' 1989.
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* ''[[The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain]]. Vol. III: 1400-1557''. [[Cambridge University Press]], Cambridge, 1999. (Editor, with J. B. Trapp)
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* ''William Caxton and early printing in England''. British Library, London, 2010. ISBN 9780712350884
* ''Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Library'', Vol 11 ("England") 2007.
* ''Catalogue of Books Printed in the XVth Century Now in the British Library'', Vol 11 ("England") 2007.
* ''Printing in England in the fifteenth century: Duff's bibliography with supplementary descriptions &c'', 2009.
* ''Printing in England in the Fifteenth Century: Duff's Bibliography with supplementary descriptions &c''. [[The Bibliographical Society]], London, 2009.
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* ''William Caxton and Early Printing in England''. British Library, London, 2010. {{ISBN|9780712350884}}
* ''Texts in transit: From manuscript to proof and print in the fifteenth century''. Brill, Leiden, 2014. ISBN 9789004277168
* ''Texts in Transit: From Manuscript to Proof and Print in the Fifteenth Century''. Brill, Leiden, 2014. {{ISBN|9789004277168}}
* ''Incunabula in Transit: People and Trade''. Brill, 2018.

==See also==
* [[History of books]]


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=hell013 dbnl profile]
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Wytze and Lotte Hellinga with their Printing Types, 1966

Lotte Hellinga, FBA (née Querido, born 1932) is a book historian and expert in early printing. She is an authority on the work of William Caxton.

Early life

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Lotte Hellinga was born in 1932.[1] She studied at the University of Amsterdam under Wytze Hellinga who became her husband in 1973.[2]

Career

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Hellinga was a senior lecturer at the University of Amsterdam from 1967 to 1976, and General Secretary of the Consortium of European research libraries from 1992 to 2002.[2] Formerly she was deputy keeper of the British Library.

In 1989 she was awarded the Gutenberg Prize of the International Gutenberg Society and the City of Mainz.

Hellinga was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1986.[3] In 1990, she was elected a fellow of the British Academy, and from 1991 to 1994, was a member of its Council.[2]

She is an expert in the work of the fifteenth-century printer William Caxton.[4]

Selected publications

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  • The Fifteenth-Century Printing Types of the Low Countries, 1966. (With W. Hellinga)
  • Caxton in Focus: The Beginning of Printing in England. British Library, 1982.
  • Analytical Bibliography and the Study of Early Printed Books, Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1989.
  • The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain. Vol. III: 1400-1557. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999. (Editor, with J. B. Trapp)
  • Catalogue of Books Printed in the XVth Century Now in the British Library, Vol 11 ("England") 2007.
  • Printing in England in the Fifteenth Century: Duff's Bibliography with supplementary descriptions &c. The Bibliographical Society, London, 2009.
  • William Caxton and Early Printing in England. British Library, London, 2010. ISBN 9780712350884
  • Texts in Transit: From Manuscript to Proof and Print in the Fifteenth Century. Brill, Leiden, 2014. ISBN 9789004277168
  • Incunabula in Transit: People and Trade. Brill, 2018.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Goldfinch, John (2010). "Hellinga, Lotte (1932– ), Book historian". In Michael F. Suarez, S.J.; H. R. Woudhuysen (eds.). The Oxford Companion to the Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198606536.
  2. ^ a b c "Dr Lotte Hellinga". British Academy. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Lotte Hellinga-Querido". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017.
  4. ^ Coughlan, Sean (9 May 2017). "'Incredibly rare' William Caxton print discovered". BBC News. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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