Scholars have long acknowledged the importance of studying private libraries and their documentation to understand intellectual and cultural history, especially for the period… Read More
The essays in ‘Private Libraries and their Documentation’ (Brill, LWW 112) revolve around the users and contents of early modern private book collections, and around the sources used to document and study these collections… Read More
The aim of this bibliometric study is to analyse 4,756 Dutch book sales catalogues from ‘Book Sales Catalogues of the Dutch Republic, 1599–1800’. The metadata provides information about the catalogues, collectors, and auctions and allows for a large-scale study of the development… Read More
This article analyses the private library book sale catalogue of paper-cutting artist (knipkunstenaar) Johanna Koerten (1650-1715), one of the most famous artists in the Dutch Republic. The study draws on data gathered for the ERC-funded MEDIATE project… Read More
This chapter discusses printed catalogues of private libraries as historical sources. To what extent and in what capacity can printed catalogues of private libraries contribute to the history of reading and, in particular, the history of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European readers?… Read More
Les livres en langue française ou traduits du français occupent une place visible dans les bibliothèques néerlandaises et contribuent à la construction d’un véritable laboratoire transnational d’idées pendant. Mais quel est l’apport exact du livre français… Read More
This article uses Dutch auction catalogues to trace the reception and circulation of the works of the prominent natural scientist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). It opens up discussion of book history methodologies by… Read More
