@histodons The history of knowledge production has a chapter on everyday practices. Working with books meant often: living with paper objects. The two small bound books on the table in the back remind the historian of this living with books context: next to the paper objects stands a water pitcher, and on top of the books is a small clay vase.
Knowledge practices of the European period 'Early Modernity" were often paper-related-practices, and they do have an everyday aspect.