I might be working on a Saturday, but one of my books has a privilege that names Martina Plantin (Moretus), which is very exciting! More about Martina can be found in this article:

https://medium.com/@museumplantinmoretus/leading-ladies-806a59931791

#BookHistory #MusicalBookHistory #HerBook #PrintedPlainchant #EarlyModern #Histodons

@histodons @bookhistodons

Karl Stieler: Gesammelte Gedichte in oberbayerischer Mundart (Collected poems in the Upper Bavarian dialect), 1913. From never accessioned stock of the Berlin City Library.

Inside, a signature of Marta Aal, Berlin.
#provenance #HerBook
https://db.lootedculturalassets.de/index.php/Detail/objects/13745

A volume of Heinrich Heine's Buch der Lieder (book of songs), 1902. From never accessioned stock of the Berlin City Library.

Inside, there's a signature that I read as "Jenny Ruhm"
#provenance #HerBook
https://db.lootedculturalassets.de/index.php/Detail/objects/13725

When an article about your book’s owner is in fact about your book (the signature has been superimposed above the title in the article photo). #rarebooks #herbook

I have just really enjoyed reading a #herbook post on Icelandic women's book ownership at https://earlymodernfemalebookownership.wordpress.com/

Bible verses in rebus form for kids, given to a young woman as a prize in 1768. #herbook #rarebooks #bookstodon

The Catholic Scotsman John Barclay (1582–1621) was responsible for an international bestseller that few today have heard of & that even fewer have read: Argenis.

First pub’d in Paris in 1621—the year of Barclay’s death—the prose romance quickly found its way from Barclay’s Neo-Latin into European vernaculars. It was a hit, in (large?) part b/c it reads as an allegory of recent European politics. Most eds. came w/ a “key” for decoding it.

James I himself ordered it translated into English. At least 3 versions soon materialized: one by Ben Jonson, the MS of which burned in a fire, & others by Kingsmill Long & Robert Le Gruys. These were first pub’d in 1625 & 1628. There are eds. of both w/ a full suite of engravings. Deluxe stuff.

This 1636 ed. from my personal collection spent time in the hands of a Duckett family. In addition to a sig. at the rear dated 1674, there’s the tidy inscription of an Anne Duckett near the front.

#rarebooks #books #literature #fiction #history #herbook

The Catholic Scotsman John Barclay (1582–1622) was responsible for an international bestseller that few today have heard of & that even fewer have read: Argenis.

First pub’d in Paris in 1621—the year of Barclay’s death—the prose romance quickly found its way from Barclay’s Neo-Latin into European vernaculars. It was a hit, in (large?) part b/c it reads as an allegory of recent European politics. Most eds. came w/ a “key” for decoding it.

James I himself ordered it translated into English. At least 3 versions soon materialized: one by Ben Jonson, the MS of which burned in a fire, & others by Kingsmill Long & Robert Le Gruys. These were first pub’d in 1625 & 1628. There are eds. of both w/ a full suite of engravings. Deluxe stuff.

This 1636 ed. from my personal collection spent time in the hands of a Duckett family. In addition to a sig. at the rear dated 1674, there’s the tidy inscription of an Anne Duckett near the front.

#rarebooks #books #literature #fiction #history #herbook

RT @oldbooksandwine@twitter.com

I'm trying to compile a list of Scottish female book owners (approx 16th-18th c.) to write @BookOwners@twitter.com entries for. Recommendations welcome! #herbook https://twitter.com/oldbooksandwine/status/1592484093878743040

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