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The Pre-Modern Manuscript Trade and its Consequences, ca. 1890–1945
summary
This collection brings together current research into the development of the market for pre-modern manuscripts. Between 1890 and 1945 thousands of manuscripts made in Europe before 1600 appeared on the market. Many entered the collections in which they have remained, shaping where and how we encounter the books today. These collections included libraries that bear their founders’ names, as well as national and regional public libraries. The choices of the super-rich shaped their collections and determined what was available to those with fewer resources. In addition, wealthy collectors sponsored scholarship on their manuscripts and participated in exhibitions, raising the profile of some books. This volume examines the collectors, dealers, and scholars who engaged with pre-modern books, and the cultural context of the manuscript trade in this era.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. ii-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-viii
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  1. List of Illustrations
  2. pp. ix-xvi
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  1. Acknowledgements
  2. p. xvii
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  1. Abbreviations
  2. p. xviii
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  1. Introduction
  2. Laura Cleaver
  3. pp. 1-14
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  1. Part I: Dealers and the Market
  1. 1. Bernard Quaritch Ltd., Bibliophilic Clubs, and the Trade in Medieval Manuscripts ca. 1878-1939
  2. Pierre-Louis Pinault
  3. pp. 17-30
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  1. 2. Selling Middle English Manuscripts to North America up to 1945
  2. A. S. G. Edwards
  3. pp. 31-40
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  1. 3. Dollars and Drama: Early English Plays and the American Book Trade 1906-1926
  2. Danielle Magnusson
  3. pp. 41-54
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  1. 4. The Fates of the Manuscripts from the Vallicelliana Library of Rome at the End of the 19th Century
  2. Livia Marcelli
  3. pp. 55-64
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  1. 5. Fuelling the Market: Sales from Austrian monasteries 1919-1938
  2. Katharina Kaska and Christoph Egger
  3. pp. 65-74
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  1. 6. Jacques Rosenthal's Marketing Strategies
  2. Angéline Rais
  3. pp. 75-86
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  1. 7. From Drawing Room to Sale-room
  2. Margaret Connolly
  3. pp. 87-98
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  1. 8. Buying and Breaking with Philip and Otto
  2. Lisa Fagin Davis
  3. pp. 99-114
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  1. Part II. Buyers
  1. 9. Illuminations from Northern and Central Italy in the Collection of the Dealer Vittorio Forti
  2. Francesca Manzari
  3. pp. 117-144
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  1. 10. The One That Got Away
  2. Rhiannon Lawrence-Francis
  3. pp. 145-154
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  1. 11. Becoming a Gentleman Collector
  2. Karen Deslattes Winslow
  3. pp. 155-168
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  1. 12. A Private Library and the Making of the Middle Ages in Florence: Piero Ginori Conti's Collection
  2. Martina Lanza
  3. pp. 169-178
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  1. 13. The "Calenzio Deal" and the Auction of the Oldest Vallicelliana Codices, 1874-1916
  2. Paola Paesano
  3. pp. 179-188
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  1. 14. The Acquisitions of Florentine Public Libraries 1900-1935
  2. Federico Botana
  3. pp. 189-204
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  1. 15. Private Purses and "National" Possessions
  2. Hannah Morcos
  3. pp. 205-220
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  1. 16. Provenance Research on Lost Manuscripts
  2. Jérémy Delmulle and Hanno Wijsman
  3. pp. 221-232
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  1. 17. To Buy, or Not to Buy?
  2. James C. P. Ranahan
  3. pp. 233-246
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  1. 18. Women as Owners and Collectors in de Ricci's Census
  2. Toby Burrows
  3. pp. 247-266
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  1. 19. "A most fascinating and dangerous pursuit"
  2. Natalia Fantetti
  3. pp. 267-276
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  1. 20. The Collector, Edith Beatty (1886-1952)
  2. Jill Unkel
  3. pp. 277-304
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  1. 21. Paul Durrieu (1855-1925)
  2. Nathalie Roman
  3. pp. 305-320
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  1. Part III. Scholarly and Creative Engagements
  1. 22. Seymour de Ricci and William Roberts
  2. Nigel Ramsay
  3. pp. 323-336
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  1. 23. Stories of an Antiquary: The Legacy of M. R. James
  2. Christine Jakobi-Mirwald
  3. pp. 337-348
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  1. 24. Phillipps MS 24275 and the 19th- and Early 20th-Century Historiography of Bede's Martyrology
  2. Kate Falardeau
  3. pp. 349-360
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  1. 25. Manuscripts and Meaning
  2. Alan Mitchell
  3. pp. 361-374
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  1. 26. Translation, Tradition, and Tracing the History of an Irish Manuscript Primer
  2. Nora Moroney
  3. pp. 375-386
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  1. 27. The Bedford Psalter and Hours
  2. Dongwon Esther Kim
  3. pp. 387-400
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  1. 28. The National Collection That Never Was
  2. Alexandra Plane
  3. pp. 401-414
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  1. 29. Exhibiting Italian Books Outside Italy
  2. Gaia Grizzi
  3. pp. 415-426
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  1. 30. A Reference Book for Scholars and Collectors
  2. William P. Stoneman
  3. pp. 427-438
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  1. Conclusion: Consequences
  2. Laura Cleaver
  3. pp. 439-447
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  1. Select Bibliography
  2. pp. 448-450
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  1. Index of Pre-Modern Manuscripts
  2. pp. 451-462
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  1. Index of People
  2. pp. 463-472
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