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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Laura Cleaver (Institute of English Studies, University of London) , Danielle Magnusson (Institute of English Studies, University of London) , Hannah Morcos , Angéline Rais (Institute of English Studies, University of London)Publisher: Arc Humanities Press Imprint: Arc Humanities Press Edition: New edition ISBN: 9781802701371ISBN 10: 1802701370 Pages: 490 Publication Date: 31 May 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations List of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction Part 1: Dealers and the Market Chapter 1. Pierre-Louis Pinault, Bernard Quaritch Ltd., Bibliophilic Clubs and the Trade in Medieval Manuscripts ca. 1878–1939 Chapter 2. A. S. G. Edwards, Selling Middle English Manuscripts to North America up to 1945 Chapter 3. Danielle Magnusson, Dollars and Drama: Early English Plays and the American Book Trade 1906–1926 Chapter 4. Livia Marcelli, The Fates of the Manuscripts from the Vallicelliana Library of Rome at the end of the Nineteenth Century Chapter 5. Katharina Kaska and Christoph Egger, Fuelling the Market—Sales from Austrian Monasteries 1919–1938 Chapter 6. Angéline Rais, Jacques Rosenthal’s Marketing Strategies: An Analysis of the Bibliotheca medii aevi manuscripta,1925–1928 Chapter 7. Margaret Connolly, From Drawing Room to Sale-room: Albums of Medieval Manuscript Cuttings in the 1920s Chapter 8. Lisa Fagin Davis, Buying and Breaking with Philip and Otto Part 2: Buyers Chapter 9. Francesca Manzari, Illuminations from Northern and Central Italy in the Collection of the Dealer Vittorio Forti Chapter 10. Rhiannon Lawrence-Francis, The One That Got Away: How Lord Brotherton Lost Out on a Book and Founded a Library Chapter 11. Karen Winslow, Becoming a Gentleman Collector: Alfred Chester Beatty’s Influence on Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian’s Manuscript Collection Chapter 12. Martina Lanza, A Private Library and the Making of the Middle Ages in Florence: Piero Ginori Conti’s Collection Chapter 13. Paola Paesano, The “Calenzio Deal” and the Auction of the Oldest Vallicelliana Codices, 1874–1916 Chapter 14. Federico Botana, The Acquisitions of Florentine Public Libraries 1900–1935 Chapter 15. Hannah Morcos, Private Purses and “National” Possessions: The French Acquisitions from the Phillipps Library (1908) Chapter 16. Jérémy Delmulle and Hanno Wijsman, The Case of Louvain University Library 1919–1940 Chapter 17. James C. P. Ranahan, To Buy, or Not to Buy? Market Forces and the Making of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s Collections Chapter 18. Toby Burrows, Women Owners and Collectors in de Ricci’s Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada Chapter 19. Natalia Fantetti, “A most fascinating and dangerous pursuit:” The Book Collecting of Isabella Stewart Gardner Chapter 20. Jill Unkel, The Collector, Edith Beatty (1886–1952) Chapter 21. Nathalie Roman, Paul Durrieu (1855–1925): Art Collecting and Scholarly Expertise Part 3: Scholarly and Creative Engagements Chapter 22. Nigel Ramsay, Chronicling the Market in Rare Books and Manuscripts: William Roberts and Seymour de Ricci Chapter 23. Christine Jakobi-Mirwald, Stories of an Antiquary: The Legacy of M. R. James Chapter 24. Kate Falardeau, Phillipps MS 24275 and the Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Historiography of Bede’s Martyrology Chapter 25. Alan Mitchell, Manuscripts and Meaning: The Biography and Value of John Ruskin’s Blue Psalter, Brussels,Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique (KBR), MS IV 1013 Chapter 26. Nora Moroney, Translation, Tradition and Tracing the History of an Irish Manuscript Primer Chapter 27. Dongwon Esther Kim, The Bedford Psalter and Hours: Making and Un-making National Identity in the Acquisition of an “English” Manuscript Chapter 28. Alexandra Plane, The National Collection that Never Was: The “failure” of Henry Yates Thompson’s Experimental National Gallery Exhibition Chapter 29. Gaia Grizzi, Exhibiting Italian Books Outside Italy: Tammaro de Marinis and the 1926 Exhibition Le livre italien Chapter 30. William P. Stoneman, A Reference Book for Scholars and Collectors: Eric Millar’s English Illuminated Manuscripts, 1926–1928 Conclusion: Consequences Select Bibliography Index of Premodern Manuscripts Index of Personal NamesReviewsAuthor InformationLaura Cleaver is Senior Lecturer in Manuscript Studies at the University of London and Principal Investigator of the CULTIVATE MSS project. Danielle Magnusson is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the CULTIVATE MSS project. Her research focuses on American collecting and early modern drama. Hannah Morcos is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the CULTIVATE MSS project. Her research focuses on the trade in French manuscripts. Angéline Rais is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the CULTIVATE MSS project. Her research focuses on book dealers in Germany and Switzerland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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