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Provenance research in book history: a handbook

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1. Introduction -- 2. Inscriptions, mottoes & other manuscript additions -- 3. Bookplates & book labels -- 4. Book stamps & stencils -- 5. Bookbindings & external features -- 6. Sale catalogues -- 7. Catalogues & lists of private libraries -- 8. Provenance indexes to libraries -- 9. Heraldry, palaeography & tracing owners -- 10. Works on provenance, book collecting & private library history -- Appendix. Mottoes used by individual book owners.

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    • London: The Bodleian Library
    • New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll, 2019

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    • 9781851245109
    • 1851245103
    • 9781584563648
    • 1584563648

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    • "This new edition follows the structure of the original, but has been completely rewritten, with a mostly new (and enlarged) set of illustrations."--Page ix.
    • The first edition was published in 1994.

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