Provenance research in book history : a handbook / David Pearson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearson, David, 1955-

Contributor:

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Series:

British Library studies in the history of the book

The British Library studies in the history of the book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books--Owners' marks--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Books.

Books--Great Britain--Owners' marks--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Library catalogs--Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Library catalogs.

Library catalogs--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Bookplates--Collectors and collecting.

Bookplates.

Book collecting--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Book collecting.

Books--Owners' marks.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xiv, 326 : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : British Library ; New Castle, De. : Oak Knoll Press, 1998.

Contents:

The purpose of this book. The study of provenance. Problems of provenance research

Inscriptions, mottoes & other manuscript additions: Inscriptions in books. Mottoes. Manuscript bookplates and calligraphic inscriptions. Painted-in heraldic marks of ownership. Booksellers' codes. Institutional library inscriptions. Identifying manuscript inscriptions

Bookplates, book labels and book stamps: Bookplates. Identifying bookplates: Standard bibliographies. Collections of bookplates. Journals. Exhibition catalogues. Books about bookplates. Bibliographies of works on bookplates

Book labels. Book stamps: Library stamps

Armorials, other binding stamps & external features: Armorials: Identifying armorials

Names, initials, monograms and ciphers

Mottoes on boards

Engraved metal plates

Labels on boards

Edges

Distinctive bindings

Initials on binders' tools

Sale catalogues: The history and importance of sale catalogues. Identifying and locating sale catalogues. Auctioneers. Booksellers. Works on the history of sale catalogues

Catalogues and lists of private libraries: Printed lists and catalogues. Manuscript lists and inventories: Probate inventories. Wills. Other manuscript lists. Bibliographies of manuscript lists and catalogues: Private Libraries in Renaissance England. Early union catalogues. Subscription lists

Provenance indexes: Great Britain and Ireland. USA. Canada

Heraldry, paleography, biography, works on book collection and library history: Heraldry: Basic terminology: Cadency. Crests. Crowns and coronets. Marshalling of arms. Identifying a coat of arms. Further sources on heraldry: Dictionaries of arms. Standard textbooks. Dictionaries of terminology. Crests and mottoes

Palaeography: Abbreviations. Palaeographical textbooks and collections of examples

Biography: Bibliographies and consolidated indexes. National and international biographical dictionaries. Educational lists and registers. Clergy. Lawyers. Officers of state and members of Parliament. Medics and scientists. The aristocracy and gentry. Genealogy, family history and other sources

Works on book collecting and library history: Articles on the study and use of provenance. Studies of book collecting and collectors: The medieval period. From the end of the medieval period to the present day

Directories of book collectors. Bibliographies covering book collecting and collectors.

Notes:

"Reprinted with a new introduction 1998"--T.p. verso. First edition 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

0712303448

9780712303446

0712345981

9780712345989

1884718795

9781884718793

1884718809

9781884718809