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The Pre-Modern Manuscript Trade and its Consequences, ca. 1890–1945

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 2024

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Edition
1/2024
Copyright Year
2024
ISBN-Print
978-1-80270-137-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-207-1
Publisher
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Series
Collection Development, Cultural Heritage, and Digital Humanities
Language
English
Pages
490
Product Type
Edited Book

Table of contents

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    1. Contents
    2. List of Illustrations
    3. Acknowledgements
    4. Abbreviations
  2. Introduction 1 - 14
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    1. 1. Bernard Quaritch Ltd., Bibliophilic Clubs, and the Trade in Medieval Manuscripts ca. 1878–1939 17 - 30
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    2. 2. Selling Middle English Manuscripts to North America up to 1945 31 - 40
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    3. 3. Dollars and Drama: Early English Plays and the American Book Trade 1906–1926 41 - 54
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    4. 4. The Fates of the Manuscripts from the Vallicelliana Library of Rome at the End of the 19th Century 55 - 64
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    5. 5. Fuelling the Market: Sales from Austrian monasteries 1919–1938 65 - 74
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    6. 6. Jacques Rosenthal’s Marketing Strategies 75 - 86
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    7. 7. From Drawing Room to Sale-room 87 - 98
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    8. 8. Buying and Breaking with Philip and Otto 99 - 114
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    1. 9. Illuminations from Northern and Central Italy in the Collection of the Dealer Vittorio Forti 117 - 144
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    2. 10. The One That Got Away 145 - 154
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    3. 11. Becoming a Gentleman Collector 155 - 168
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    4. 12. A Private Library and the Making of the Middle Ages in Florence: Piero Ginori Conti’s Collection 169 - 178
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    5. 13. The “Calenzio Deal” and the Auction of the Oldest Vallicelliana Codices, 1874–1916 179 - 188
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    6. 14. The Acquisitions of Florentine Public Libraries 1900–1935 189 - 204
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    7. 15. Private Purses and “National” Possessions 205 - 220
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    8. 16. Provenance Research on Lost Manuscripts 221 - 232
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    9. 17. To Buy, or Not to Buy? 233 - 246
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    10. 18. Women as Owners and Collectors in de Ricci’s Census 247 - 266
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    11. 19. “A most fascinating and dangerous pursuit” 267 - 276
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    12. 20. The Collector, Edith Beatty (1886–1952) 277 - 304
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    13. 21. Paul Durrieu (1855–1925) 305 - 320
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    1. 22. Seymour de Ricci and William Roberts 323 - 336
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    2. 23. Stories of an Antiquary: The Legacy of M. R. James 337 - 348
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    3. 24. Phillipps MS 24275 and the 19th- and Early 20th-Century Historiography of Bede’s Martyrology 349 - 360
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    4. 25. Manuscripts and Meaning 361 - 374
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    5. 26. Translation, Tradition, and Tracing the History of an Irish Manuscript Primer 375 - 386
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    6. 27. The Bedford Psalter and Hours 387 - 400
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    7. 28. The National Collection That Never Was 401 - 414
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    8. 29. Exhibiting Italian Books Outside Italy 415 - 426
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    9. 30. A Reference Book for Scholars and Collectors 427 - 447
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  6. Conclusion: Consequences
  7. Select Bibliography 448 - 450 Download chapter (PDF)
  8. Index of Pre-Modern Manuscripts 451 - 462 Download chapter (PDF)
  9. Index of People 463 - 472 Download chapter (PDF)

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