English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts
(1530–1930) and Their Marks of Ownership

This 1930 volume provides a historical study of English book and manuscript collectors from 1530 until the time of publication.

Seymour De Ricci (Author)

9780521156462, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 3 February 2011

228 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.3 kg

Originally published in 1930, and based on The Sandars Lectures for 1929–1930, this volume provides a historical study of English book and manuscript collectors from 1530 until the time of publication. The main concentration of the text is on marks of ownership made by various collectors on volumes in their respective collections. Through analysing these marks an unusual perspective is built up, one in which individual books and manuscripts can be seen to tell their own history; an idea of each volume as a unique object with its own pedigree is developed through this process. This is a fascinating volume that will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of books and manuscripts.

1. Introductory
2. The sixteenth century
3. The seventeenth century
4. Harley and Sunderland
5. The reigns of George I and George II
6. The reign of George III
7. The Duke of Roxburghe and Lord Spencer
8. Beckford and his contemporaries 9. Heber, Miller, Grenville and Holford
10. Sir Thomas Phillipps
11. Lord Ashburnham and Libri
12. The 'fifties and 'sixties: Halliwell and Huth
13. Bernard Quaritch and his clients
14. The early twentieth century
15. The present generations
Index.

Subject Areas: Publishing industry & book trade [KNTP]