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

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 2023
• Subjects: Bibliographies, catalogues; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; European history; Library & information sciences; Media studies; archival sources; early modern private book collections; historical book ownership; private book collections; private library research
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• ISBN: 9789004542952; 9789004542969
• Access: Open Access

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.