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[Bettina Wagner]

_Conference Announcement: Documenting the Early Modern Book World:
Inventories and Catalogues in Manuscript and Print_

We are pleased to announce that registration for _Documenting the Early
Modern Book World: Inventories and Catalogues in Manuscript and Print_ is
now open.
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The Third Book History Conference will be taking place in St Andrews,
between the 7-9th of July. The conference will discuss book inventories and
catalogues in manuscript and print, between the 15th to the 18th century
(see description below)  with confirmed papers on printers* and
booksellers* lists, private collectors, discussions of the fate of specific
items, the collections of religious institutions. It will cover areas from
the Baltic to Portugal, Italy, Denmark, Spain, France, Germany, and the
British Isles.

It has become customary in documenting the world of early printed books to
rely primarily on surveys of survivors: that is, books that have weathered
the buffeting of history to reach the comparative safety of modern library
collections.  Most national bibliographical catalogues are aggregates of the
holdings of library catalogues; _faute de mieux_ these are taken to offer a
reasonable account of the original output.

But the urge to list, catalogue and advertise the wealth of the new printed
book culture was just as strong in the first age of books.  Printers made
lists of their available stock; owners proudly catalogued their libraries;
assessors inventoried collections and stock as part of the settlement of
estates, or legal proceedings.  In an age of religious discord, censorship
required the publication of lists of forbidden books (though at the risk of
advertising their contents); book-sellers* shelves, private and public
libraries were examined for forbidden material.
These various classes of lists contain indispensable material on various
aspects of the 16th century book trade: on cost, retail pricing, second hand
values, binding and library practice.  They allow the reconstruction of lost
or dispersed libraries.  They also document many thousands of titles and
editions that have now disappeared altogether.
For more details contact Natasha Constantinidou:
Natasha.Constantinidou at st-andrews.ac.uk or nac21 at st-andrews.ac.uk 
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