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(0)Laura Cleaver
Publisher
ARC Humanities Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
The market for rare books has been characterized as unpredictable, and driven by the whims of a small number of rich individuals. Yet behind the headlines announcing new auction records, a range of sources make it possible to analyze the market as a whole. This book introduces the economics of the trade in manuscripts and rare books during the turbulent period ca. 1890-1939. It demonstrates how surviving sources, even when incomplete and inconsistent,...
Publisher
ARC Humanities Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
This book is Open Access and available from OAPEN. This collection brings together current research into the development of the market for pre-modern manuscripts between 1890 and 1945, and its impact.
This collection brings together current research into the development of the market for pre-modern manuscripts. Between 1890 and 1945 thousands of manuscripts made in Europe before 1600 appeared on the market. Many entered the collections in which...