Private Libraries and Their Documentation, 1665-1830 Studying and Interpreting Sources

• Main Authors: Jagersma, Rindert, Blom, Helwi, Chayes, Evelien, Hansen, Ann-Marie
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Brill 2023; BRILL
• Edition: 1
• Series: Library of the written word ; vol. 112
• Subjects: archival sources; Bibliographies, catalogues; Book collecting-History-Congresses; Book collectors-History-Congresses; Book industries and trade-History-Congresses; Books and reading-History-Congresses; Booksellers' catalogs-History-Congresses; c 1500 onwards to present day; Cultural and media studies; early modern private book collections; Early printed books-Bibliography-Congresses; Encyclopaedias and reference works; European history; historical book ownership; History; History and Archaeology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Library and information sciences / Museology; Media studies; private book collections; Private libraries-Catalogs-Congresses; Private libraries-Europe-History-Congresses; Private libraries-History-Congresses; private library research; Reference works; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Time period qualifiers; Early Modern History; Histoire culturelle; Histoire des bibliothèques
• ISBN: 9789004542952; 9004542957; 9789004542969; 9004542965
• DOI: 10.1163/9789004542969

The essays in Private Libraries and their Documentation revolve around the users and contents of early modern private book collections, and around the sources used to document and study these collections. They take the reader from large-scale projects on historical book ownership to micro-level research conducted on individual libraries, and from analyses of specific types of primary sources to general typologies and overviews by period and by region. As a result of its comparative approach and active engagement with questions regarding the nature, selection and accessibility of sources, the volume serves as a guide to sources and resources in different regions as well as to state-of the-art methods and interpretational approaches.