Provenance Research in Book History (British Library Studies in the History of the Book)

by David Pearson

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This handbook surveys the different kinds of ownership evidence to be found in books and brings together a wide range of information and bibliographical references to provenance research. Features of this text include: a list of mottoes used by owners in the 16th and 17th centuries; details of donors' registers for historic libraries; a survey of published and unpublished provenance indexes for libraries in Britain and North America; a list of major bookplate collections; and notes on collections of booksellers' catalogues (particularly of the 18th and 19th centuries which have no existing bibliography).
  • ISBN10 1884718809
  • ISBN13 9781884718809
  • Publish Date 1 December 1998 (first published 1 September 1994)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Oak Knoll Press,US
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 352
  • Language English