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CERL stands for the Consortium on European Research Libraries. “On 25 and 27 May 2021, the CERL Working group for bookbinding’s arranged two online events dedicated to different aspects of historical bookbinding’s. The working group’s overall objective is to promote the interest for and the knowledge of all aspects of historical bookbinding’s. “CERL provides a link list to multiple countries in the EU that have exhibits on bookbinding’s in this resource. Most of these libraries linked to are individual databases from myriad of countries pertaining to bookbinding’s and antiquarian books. So, it functions as a pseudo aggregator of sorts. The intended audience is the professional researcher and this resource may save them some time in tracking down various databases on bookbinding’s. As an example one database on the list from CERL, the Schoyen database, has items from the past 5,000 years of antiquarian books. Schoyen Collection Which has multitude of search functions both basic and advanced. Each of the libraries linked to the CERL list are updated as new items are acquired or discovered for that particular library. Most of the content is abstracted. However there are simply items available herein you will not find anywhere else. Such like one of the dead sea scrolls, continuing the example of the Schoyen database from CERL’s list. Schoyen Collection Dead sea scrolls Antiquarian books, scrolls, tomes etc. indexed databases are the kinds of databases included. The items are peer reviewed prior to being added to the libraries. Of note to continue the single example of Schoyen there is references to peer reviewed literature pertaining to the items inside the database. For example this mathematics table from Babylon is referenced in peer reviewed discussions in a journal noted in the abstract. Schoyen Collection Babylonian multiplication tables filter searching is available in the advanced manuscript search function. Schoyen Collection online manuscript Unfortunately no there is no option for this yet the casual user of the database can always print screen inside a google chrome browser. Academics and professional researchers are the intended audience for the CERL list. I searched for antiquarian databases on google and pulled up some university hits. I found a link to CERL from there.
A content creator that I felt was apropos for this topic. The gentleman makes YouTube videos pertaining to bindery work. He does so in a professional and skillful manner. It is one thing to read about a binding process it is another to see it being done in front of you for comprehensive understanding. Most professional researchers while able to look up information to ascertain a book value of an antiquarian nature of find its origins for a patron are lacking in demonstrable skills of the topic. As such an easy and pleasant way to view them is from this gentleman’s work. Four Keys Book arts is the name of the YouTube channel. Dennis is the only name available to the public. Dennis has run his own bindery from a small workshop in his backyard for some time now. Demonstrations of various bookbinding techniques is the matter covered. He has categories people can peruse for enjoyment or knowledge. He usually records a video once a week or so since 2019. He does sell his wares however I strongly suspect that the source of income would be driven rather much more by YouTube followers eventually. So, while he does sell items, I do not suspect any bias in his efforts or motivations. I have seen most of the YouTube videos available over the course of a year on topics of antiquarian books and bindery techniques. Simply stated his techniques are amongst the very best and easily corroborated by other professional binders, such like another YouTube channel about bookbinding: “ingenious designs”. The general public or anyone with an interest in seeing bookbinding done. I searched through YouTube a few years ago in anticipation of going to a master’s program for library science. I wanted to view all the videos on antiquarian books and bookbinding I could find. Because I enjoy knowing how to do things by hand that pertain to my chosen careers in life. Dennis is amongst the best I have seen out of literally hundreds of videos reviewed.
Peter Harrington is one of the most celebrated collectors and dealers of rare and antiquarian books. The contents of Peters website are a gallery, a whats new section, browse, popular artists, maps, bookshop etc. All the typical functions of a rare books dealer website. To establish a credible name in antiquarian book sales wherein you are offering multimillion dollar items is no easy feat. Especially inside the London prevue. As such he is one of a few dealers anyone with an interest in the topic should watch. (the others specifically are Philip pirages, Reid Moon, and Adam Weinberger). When it comes to professional researchers seeking primary sources these people would be invaluable to speak with. Peter Harringtons Rare Books is the title of the website. Peter Harrington is the Creator of the website and brand and his son Pom and a team have taken over management at his retirement. There is a team of 21 people that run the website and business. To give an example of one of the senir specialists: “Dr Philip W. Errington joined in 2021 after over 21 years at Sotheby’s where he was a director and senior specialist. He has published major bibliographies on J.K. Rowling and John Masefield. In 2007 he was responsible for the world record of a modern literary manuscript at auction (Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard which sold for £1.95M) and achieved an auction record for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (sold in 2013 for £150,000). He has published with Penguin Classics, Carcanet, The Folio Society and Egmont. He is also an honorary research associate within the English Department at University College London” Peter Harringotn Staff Member Rare and Antiquarian books and bindery is the subject matter covered. There are multiple databases available on the website. It is updated as new materials are added to their collection for sale and or conference dates announced etc. Of course this is a business wherein they are selling rare books. However, the professionalism to last decades in this industry requires ethics. An entire section of their website is dedicated to that. Ethical Standard Guarantee The dealers are widely known and of great repute in the antiquarian books business. Both the general public and the professional researcher are the intended audience of the website. I found this resource a while ago when perusing YouTube videos look for information on bindery. Peter used to make videos helping people identify a first edition book and what to look for etc.
A look at some special bindings from Princeton university’s collection. A simple gallery database of various antiquarian books are the contents of this resource. Some researchers do not have time to view art galleries to get a sense of the varied forms of antiquarian books. So this resource is nice to have to simply give a very fast view of several bookbinding’s that run the gamut. The intended audience for my libguide is the professional researcher. Sometimes its nice to have a simple gallery to view of examples for patrons to compare their materials to. There is only a simple search function of searching via category. The database was a display project by Princeton university. It is not updated. The resource is only a picture gallery with abstracts at the top of each section. Digital images of antiquarian books from different places and times reserved at the Princeton Library. There are no peer reviewed articles included. It is a resource display of Princeton University. The only search function is a simple one at the top wherein there are categories to scroll through. There are no saving options. The best bet is to simply enlarge the image to “large format” and print screen if that is needed or desired by the patron. The general public and the professional researcher are the intended audience of the resource. I found this resource seeking out antiquarian books as a search Boolean string adding the word university and USA to the search query in google. Because it was Princeton, I checked it out and found it a nice quick reference source.
This is a wonderful database curated by the Royal family of Spain and the government, on book bindings. The database displays content apropos for researchers to identify period of books based on their bindings; collected from the royal family of Spain dating back through the centuries. The subject of my website presentation for MLIS 702 is Antiquarian bookbinding’s as such this database is an invaluable component. This source is a collection of rare photos of covers and an explanation of them of various bookbinding’s. This is a unique perspective given the history of the Royal Spanish family from their own private collections and the government of Spain. It should prove valuable both for book dealers and for researchers and archivists. The website contains three databases all of which have a simple search function. The first has an ex libris database. The second is a bookbinding’s database with a simple search function. The third is a Iron impression database also containing a simple search function. The Ex libris database has as an advanced search with the capacity to filter or input for ID, Location or keyword. The second database on bookbinding’s has the ability to filter based on: Qualification, Binder, Possessor, Style, Date, Country, Signature and keywords. The third database on Irons has the search capacity for: Workshop, Guy and reason. Once a article is clicked on the ensuing page has additional limits available to query for the particulars. For instance, in this example the bookbinders themselves can be looked up for additional works of the craftsman, as well as more examples of that particular book binding style. Particular style or binders To a degree faceted searching is available but only in the aforementioned parameters. What are the general coverage dates and how often is the content updated? “The binding of the 18th and 19th centuries predominates, although the previous centuries from the 16th century are also represented.” Coverage dates However, the material belonging to the government would indicate that once a new material is located it is added to the databases continually. As such there is no set time frame of additions to the database as books for addition are only sporadically found. The materials are primarily indexed and abstracted, there is not much full text coverage as the databases are intended for the professional researcher. Yes there is a mechanism to sort materials in the database.. For example, in the bindings database all three of those stipulated means for sorting materials are available (by format, by relevance, & by date). Sorting While not available for the databases themselves to print to a temporary folder the user can click on the links available for them to go directly to the royal library where there is a login and print available. For instance: You can click on “see in IBIS” here: example And be taken to the royal library page here for login and printing and MARC etc. Royal Library The government of Spain and the Royal Library are the review sources for the materials in the database. They utilize professional librarians and historians and others to qualify additions to the database. For pricing information: There is a charge for hi res images and Further there is strict security Requirements The age group is intended to be for the professional researcher, so simply said adults would be the age group indirectly designated thusly. In fact due to the nature of the Library you must submit paperwork for viewing that children would not have such like Identification. The professional researcher is the intended audience for the material inside the database. Digital images of antiquarian books are what is available in the database. Unless of course you book a reservation and get approval then you could have access to the actual texts and leaves etc. yourself. I found this database and the others required for this assignment and the general website aggregation assignment via simple googling. I at first had a hard time finding bookbinding databases, that are current or maintained and curated. However, after focusing my search onto “bookbinding’s database” I came across several form other countries and from academic institutions.
The Morgan Library is one of the larger repositories of antiquarian books available. As such it would be remiss not to have it here on the bibliography. 69,687 printed books, 64,304 Literary manuscripts, 26,164 music compositions, 14,362 drawings, 9,857 prints, 2,801 incunables, 2,265 medieval and renaissance manuscripts…. And much more. The Morgan Library is a warehouse trove of antiquarian books and is thus apropos for any endeavor into the field practically speaking. Either they have the item oftentimes or know of its whereabouts or know of where archaeologists and professionals are searching for it. The erudition is beyond reproach as a boon to any investigation into antiquarian books and bindery. The website has basic advanced and faceted search functions. As Items are added to the trove of antiquarian book databases they are updated. There is not full text present but there are myriad of bibliographies if you dig down a little into the databse. For example this 1522 Origine mundi Origine Mundi has a catalog link that if clicked on will take the viewer here: Delving Deeper which if you click on the additional information will take the researcher to this Note bene: The binders result “A set of binders containing detailed descriptions of the collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts is one of the most frequently consulted resources in the Reading Room of the Morgan Library & Museum. The descriptions, compiled by several generations of curators, often contain information not available elsewhere, such as complete lists of texts and illustrations within a manuscript and lengthy bibliographies. We have chosen to present the material in the form of PDF files to preserve and share the historical layers of scholarship evident in the annotations and additions. However, the scholarship represented in the descriptions may have been superseded, and the information varies in thoroughness and accuracy. Researchers are encouraged to use this resource, but with caution. The additional bibliographies, which are updated regularly, contain references to books and articles that have come to our attention since 1989. While efforts have been made to identify significant new scholarship and to provide accurate citations, the bibliographies are intended to be a starting point for research rather than a definitive list. As always, researchers should verify all references.” The collection has been curated and annotated thoroughly over the decades by professionals. They are a peer reviewing institution. While not able to sort by date there is an option to sort by century. The patron can email or download a catalog link for the materials they desire to view. The intended audience for this resource are professional researchers. The way I found the resource was with a simple google search for “antiquarian books library museum.”
An antiquarian book dealer website of repute is the source website for this assignment. A website with databases of various articles for sale, with descriptions from a former professor of English with many years of rare book dealings. This relates to the subject via being an apropos means to help the professional book researcher ascertain market value of collections and help with identification. Comparables are utilized in most markets to begin the process of helping patrons understand value and as such this is a qualified source of information for the patron. The professional researcher audience of antiquarian books, of which my libguide is intended, will often be looked upon by the public to help them with identification of value of books as well as historical relevance. This website can help the researcher obtain some baseline thoughts on valuation of books. 2023 New York Book Fair Additions is the resource title of the current database on display on Pirages website. It is available to be viewed here: Pirages Database The website was created and curated by: Philip Pirages Phd. “Phil Pirages (owner) grew up in the Midwest, earned a PhD from the University of Michigan, taught literature and writing to college and university students for a dozen years”, As such as a university professor he has a tremendous amount of knowledge that professional researchers can glean form his website. About Pirages page Antiquarian Books for sale is the subject matter covered on Dr. Pirages website. The website is easily navigated and understood intuitively. The website provides many search functions both basic and advanced for visitors to it. The site is updated with inventory every year from famous events. So as texts are found and come into collections the inventory is updated. There is no specific dates of update thusly as the industry is at the vicissitudes of fate of when a book comes into possession. Yes, the purpose of the site does present a bias and does sell something. Namely antiquated books. As such it is a good benchmark for price valuations for people who are seeking information on successful sales history to price or value their own collections. I.e., It is helpful potentially for a private person to be able to value a collection they have inherited based upon what they see for a bid ask spread or successful sales from the website. The data presented is easily corroborated with various repositories such like Abe’s’ books, or moons or many other antiquarian dealers. As such I would tend to give it coefficient validity as a source or repute. Simply sad it would not be possible for these types of niche business’s to remain in business without validity and authenticity of data. The professional book appraiser and or dealer of antiquarian books is the intended audience or purchaser of said books. I have watched most of the YouTube channels dedicated to books over the years and have found Philip and many others to be both erudite on the topic of antiquarian books and consummate professionals in their presentations. I have learned a great deal from their teachings and would recommend them. The search term that will pull them up is usually as simple as “rare books” depending on the searchers own search algorithm parameters they have acquired over the years on their account.
