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[[file:William-dugdale-detail.jpg | thumb| 886px| link= |[[Sir William Dugdale]]: etching by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1656 ([https://bookowners.online/File:William-dugdale-detail.jpg detail])]] | [[file:William-dugdale-detail.jpg | thumb| 886px| link= |[[Sir William Dugdale]]: etching by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1656 ([https://bookowners.online/File:William-dugdale-detail.jpg detail])]] | ||
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| − | <p id="lead"> | + | <p id="lead"><i>Book Owners Online</i> is a directory of historical book owners, with information about their libraries, and signposts to further reference sources. At present, it covers English seventeenth-century owners – people who died between 1610 and 1715 – but has the potential to be expanded. </p> |
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| + | It has been created to fill a gap in our book historical reference sources, at a time of growing interest in provenance studies, private libraries, and work on the material book. There are many online sites which start from books or libraries and provide provenance data, but BOO starts from a backbone of known owners, and summarises what we know about their books, where they are or what happened to them, how big their libraries were, and where to go for further information. Starting from a named individual, key questions which BOO seeks to answer include “did this person own books?” and “where do I look for more information?”. | ||
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| + | Book owners have played an essential role in creating the library heritage we value today. The holdings of our research libraries, which constitute our collective printed memory, were built on countless donations or purchases from individuals over the centuries. Books which they kept and valued have significantly shaped our ideas about our literary legacy. | ||
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==Getting Around the Site== | ==Getting Around the Site== | ||
Revision as of 08:37, 30 April 2020
Notice
Book Owners Online is a directory of historical book owners, with information about their libraries, and signposts to further reference sources. At present, it covers English seventeenth-century owners – people who died between 1610 and 1715 – but has the potential to be expanded.
It has been created to fill a gap in our book historical reference sources, at a time of growing interest in provenance studies, private libraries, and work on the material book. There are many online sites which start from books or libraries and provide provenance data, but BOO starts from a backbone of known owners, and summarises what we know about their books, where they are or what happened to them, how big their libraries were, and where to go for further information. Starting from a named individual, key questions which BOO seeks to answer include “did this person own books?” and “where do I look for more information?”.
Book owners have played an essential role in creating the library heritage we value today. The holdings of our research libraries, which constitute our collective printed memory, were built on countless donations or purchases from individuals over the centuries. Books which they kept and valued have significantly shaped our ideas about our literary legacy.
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