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Second Thoughts on Second Editions. The Dutch Fingerprint (Part II)
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Second Thoughts on Second Editions. The Dutch Fingerprint (Part II)

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Goran Proot

In my previous Collation post I explained what a bibliographic fingerprint is and how it works. The examples I will discuss in this post will demonstrate how useful the fingerprint is to compare copies remotely and to identify title editions…

embroidered bindings
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embroidered bindings

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Sarah Werner

So last week’s crocodile mystery was nailed by Aaron Pratt within a half-hour of my posting: what you see below is, as he notes, an embroidered binding depicting David and Goliath and covering a Book of Psalms, in this instance,…

Detective Work: The Dutch Fingerprint (Part I)
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Detective Work: The Dutch Fingerprint (Part I)

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Goran Proot

Previous Collation posts may convince even the most skeptical reader that bibliographic work often requires detective work. In some cases, this may involve bibliographers to take fingerprints. Fingerprints are regularly used by bibliographers to find out whether or not two…

The material history of... ?
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The material history of... ?

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Erin Blake

The phrase “history of the book” is commonly used as a catch-all for the history and study of the physical components and technology behind traditional printer’s-ink-on-folded-paper-in-a-binding books, whether or not the thing being studied is itself a traditional book or…

A treasure chest 6.75 meters long
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A treasure chest 6.75 meters long

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Goran Proot

It is not a secret that in most libraries—and I am tempted to write “in all libraries”—treasures are slumbering and waiting for their discovery. This sort of thing may happen when you least expect it, for instance when you call…

Deciphering signature marks
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Deciphering signature marks

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Sarah Werner

So, as those of you who have spent any time working with early modern printed books probably recognized, this month’s crocodile mystery focuses on signature marks. Below is the photo I posted last week, now with the signature mark circled…

Q & A: Goran Proot, Curator of Rare Books
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Q & A: Goran Proot, Curator of Rare Books

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The Collation

Goran Proot On June 1st, Goran Proot became the new Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Now that he’s had a chance to settle in a bit, it’s time for us to introduce him…

Learning from readers
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Learning from readers

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Sarah Werner

Sometimes the beauty of our blog is that we can share with you items in our collections: new acquisitions, recently restored works, or long-held pieces worth a closer look. Sometimes its beauty is that it makes it easy to share…

Bell's nightmare continued
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Bell's nightmare continued

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Carrie Smith

This post is a continuation of “John Bell, bibliographic nightmare.” I began to write these posts while entrenched in the difficult task of cataloging the library’s myriad copies of Bell’s 18th-century Shakespeare publications as a means of sharing a look into…

Binding clasps
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Binding clasps

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Sarah Werner

Some close observation and deductive reasoning led commenters in the right direction in solving the June crocodile mystery. Here’s image that I posted last week, with a bit more context: With that bit of the surrounding context, it’s much clearer…

John Bell, bibliographic nightmare
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John Bell, bibliographic nightmare

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Carrie Smith Sarah Werner

Some books are more challenging than others; some bibliographic questions are more complicated than others. This is the first of two posts that looks at a particularly challenging cataloging question. Today’s post will set up the challenge; the next one…

A book's fingerprints
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A book's fingerprints

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Sarah Werner

Last week’s crocodile mystery may have been a bit too mysterious, but I hope that today’s post will inspire you to look for similar mysteries on your own. Here’s a close-up detail of what I was asking about: As with…

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