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

London : British Library, 1994.

x, 326 : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographic references and index

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' code. Institutional library inscription. 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, monographs 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. Auctioners. Booksellers. Works on the history of sale catalog 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. Palaeographic textbooks and collections of examples -- Biography: Bibliographies and consolidated indexes National and international biographic 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.

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: B.McKay

Copy 2 Supplier/Donor: Dillons