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Provenance research in book history : a handbook / David Pearson.
Van Pelt Library Z987.5.G7 P43 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pearson, David, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books--Provenance--Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Books.
- Book collecting--Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Book collecting.
- Books--Owners' marks--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Library catalogs--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Library catalogs.
- Books--Owners' marks.
- Books--Provenance.
- Research.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 436 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- New and revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : The Bodleian Library, 2019.
- New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Inscriptions, mottoes & other manuscript additions
- 3. Bookplates & book labels
- 4. Book stamps & stencils
- 5. Bookbindings & external features
- 6. Sale catalogues
- 7. Catalogues & lists of private libraries
- 8. Provenance indexes to libraries
- 9. Heraldry, palaeography & tracing owners
- 10. Works on provenance, book collecting & private library history
- Appendix. Mottoes used by individual book owners
- Picture references
- Index.
- Notes:
- "This new edition follows the structure of the original, but has been completely rewritten, with a mostly new (and enlarged) set of illustrations."--Page ix.
- Includes half-title page.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781584563648
- 1584563648
- 9781851245109
- 1851245103
- OCLC:
- 1081338600
- Publisher Number:
- 99980900530
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