ISBN |
1584562196 (Oak Knoll : alk. paper) |
9781584562191 (Oak Knoll : alk. paper) |
0712309861 (British Library : alk. paper) |
9780712309868 (British Library : alk. paper) |
Title |
Books on the move : tracking copies through collections and the book trade / edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote |
Publisher |
New Castle, DE ; London : Oak Knoll Press ; British Library, 2007 |
Physical desc. |
xv, 164 p. ; ill. (b&w), map ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Publishing pathways |
Note |
"The present volume is the twenty-seventh in the series of proceedings of the annual conference on book trade history, which started in 1979. This conference was held at Wesley’s Chapel in City Road on 1 and 2 December 2006, under the auspices of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association ..." -- Introd. |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Contents |
'Lost': the destruction, dispersal and rediscovery of manuscripts / Peter Beal -- What can we learn by tracking multiple copies of books? / David Pearson -- The creation and dispersal of the library of Gian Vincenzo Pinelli / Angela Nuovo -- Books from the library of Andreas Dudith (1533-89) in the library of Isaac Vossius (1618-89) / Astrid Balsem -- From Venice and Naples to Paris, The Hague, London, Oxford, Berlin... the odyssey of the manuscript collection of Gerard and Johan Meerman / Jos van Heel -- Pathways to survival of books of hours printed in Italy in the fifteenth century / Cristina Dondi -- Bibliophily and public-private partnership: the library of Gustave van Havre (1817-92) and its afterlife in Antwerp libraries / Pierre Delsaerdt. |
Subject |
Books -- Provenance -- Congresses |
Book industries and trade -- Europe -- History -- Congresses |
Book collecting -- Europe -- History -- Congresses |
Private libraries -- Europe -- History -- Congresses |
Manuscripts -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- History -- Congresses |
Added name(s) |
Myers, Robin ed. |
Harris, Michael 1938- ed. |
Mandelbrote, Giles ed. |