Infinite Text | What Makes a Book "Rare" and "Valuable" @InfiniteText | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
In this video I compress 4 years of education on #Rarebooks in one single video using examples I’ve come across over the years. What makes a book rare or valuable? Please note I’m talking to you as a friend and out of memory mostly. Some corrections: The Gutenberg Bible for instance may not be THE MOST expensive but "among" the most expensive. Also, the Strawberry Hill Press was around late 1700s and into the Victorian period but Morris is THE Victorian guy.
Time Stamps:
Manuscripts 2:00
Incunables 3:33
Cultural Importance 4:28
Scarcity 5:17
Condition 8:40
Subject 9:19
Provenance 10:33
Annotations 11:36
Interest 13:04
Contemporary 15:44
#Booktube #Bookhunting
Things Mentioned:
Manuscripts
The P*nis Tree: https://inpress.lib.uiowa.edu/feminae/DetailsPage.aspx?Feminae_ID=31987
The Cat Paw manuscript: nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/3/130326-animals-medieval-manuscript-books-cats-history
Gutenberg Bibles (and fun facts) history.com/news/7-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-gutenberg-bible
Shakespeare Folios: https://www.folger.edu/shakespeare/first-folio/faq
The Folger Library (Shakespeare) https://www.folger.edu/
Lewis Carroll and Alice: theguardian.com/books/2016/may/30/alice-in-wonderland-first-edition-christies-auction
Morgan Library: themorgan.org
John Baskerville: britannica.com/biography/John-Baskerville
Strawberry Hill Press: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Hill_Press
Kelmscott press and William Morris: clevelandart.org/research/in-the-library/collection-in-focus/william-morris-and-kelmscott-press
List of Websites for Rare Book platforms: emptymirrorbooks.com/collecting/25-great-bookselling-sites-for-collectible-1st-edition-books
ABAA: abaa.org/book/advanced-search
Abe: abebooks.com/Canada/index.shtml?&cm_mmc=ggl-_-COM_CA_Brand3-_-naa-_-naa&gclid=CjwKCAiA4o79BRBvEiwAjteoYCCDkDMloWaV9i8Gc30IiL8YBRR38RyjE0pkVk1mN75qe9Q3688CChoCmb0QAvD_BwE
The Booksellers (Documentary) imdb.com/title/tt9355194
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In this video I compress 4 years of education on #Rarebooks in one single video using examples I’ve come across over the years. What makes a book rare or valuable? Please note I’m talking to you as a friend and out of memory mostly. Some corrections: The Gutenberg Bible for instance may not be THE MOST expensive but "among" the most expensive. Also, the Strawberry Hill Press was around late 1700s and into the Victorian period but Morris is THE Victorian guy.
Time Stamps:
Manuscripts 2:00
Incunables 3:33
Cultural Importance 4:28
Scarcity 5:17
Condition 8:40
Subject 9:19
Provenance 10:33
Annotations 11:36
Interest 13:04
Contemporary 15:44
#Booktube #Bookhunting
Things Mentioned:
Manuscripts
The P*nis Tree: https://inpress.lib.uiowa.edu/feminae/DetailsPage.aspx?Feminae_ID=31987
The Cat Paw manuscript: nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/3/130326-animals-medieval-manuscript-books-cats-history
Gutenberg Bibles (and fun facts) history.com/news/7-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-gutenberg-bible
Shakespeare Folios: https://www.folger.edu/shakespeare/first-folio/faq
The Folger Library (Shakespeare) https://www.folger.edu/
Lewis Carroll and Alice: theguardian.com/books/2016/may/30/alice-in-wonderland-first-edition-christies-auction
Morgan Library: themorgan.org
John Baskerville: britannica.com/biography/John-Baskerville
Strawberry Hill Press: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Hill_Press
Kelmscott press and William Morris: clevelandart.org/research/in-the-library/collection-in-focus/william-morris-and-kelmscott-press
List of Websites for Rare Book platforms: emptymirrorbooks.com/collecting/25-great-bookselling-sites-for-collectible-1st-edition-books
ABAA: abaa.org/book/advanced-search
Abe: abebooks.com/Canada/index.shtml?&cm_mmc=ggl-_-COM_CA_Brand3-_-naa-_-naa&gclid=CjwKCAiA4o79BRBvEiwAjteoYCCDkDMloWaV9i8Gc30IiL8YBRR38RyjE0pkVk1mN75qe9Q3688CChoCmb0QAvD_BwE
The Booksellers (Documentary) imdb.com/title/tt9355194
SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL
If you would like to support me in any way JUST. KEEP. LEARNING but if you really want/insist…
You can buy me a coffee buymeacoffee.com/infinitetext
SOCIAL MEDIA
📚 BLOG: https://infinitetext.blog/
📱 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/InfiniteTextLib?r...
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