Thanks. I'm the one who asked about marginalia. I love that stuff. Anne.
On Oct 28, 2008, at 3:55 PM, Andrew Fleck wrote:
> Dear David,
>
> I've written to the seller. It turns out that he is Stuart Bennett,
> the
> current president of the Antiquarian Bookseller's Association of
> America. He
> has been very generous with his time and expertise. He sent the
> following in
> response to my first set of queries and has invited me to come up
> and take a
> look at the book (though he thinks it may not be worth my time,
> given the
> description he forwarded). Here's what he wrote:
>
>
> First, of course I'll be happy to send David Miller's e-mail address
> on to
> the new owner of this copy. It will be up to him or her to decide
> whether
> to get in touch with Mr. Miller, of course.
> Second, marginalia. When I trained as a book cataloguer at
> Sotheby's
> nearly 35 years ago (help. . .) marginalia were indeed sometimes
> considered
> as defacing an otherwise good book. No more! I wish this copy had
> lots of
> them. In fact I reported to one e-Bay questioner that there were
> none, but
> taking a second look I see I'm wrong. There's one, and you can see
> it in
> the main illustration on e-Bay, next to the first line of the second
> book,
> opposite the woodcut. Someone has copied the word "Temperaunce" in
> the
> margin in an early, though perhaps not contemporary, hand. There
> are also a
> couple of marginal squiggles - a heart and a club (as in playing
> cards) - in
> the margins, doubtless indicating passages the reader especially
> liked. But
> I hasten to add it's only a couple!
> There are no marks of provenance at all, although of course the
> Victorian
> morocco binding by Hayday is a sort of provenance in itself. It may
> be that
> at sometime there was a second volume in a matching binding, as the
> binder
> has lettered the spine "1st Part."
>
>
> I'm happy to go up and take a look if you think it would be a good
> idea;
> I'll take your queries and Jean Brink's with me if that seems like a
> good
> idea.
>
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of David Miller
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 6:45 PM
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> Subject: Re: 1590 FQ on ebay--attention David Miller!
>
> Andy, that would be wonderful. We'd like, if possible, to know where
> the copy ends up, and if we can get it, a solid description that
> indicates its condition as well as any notable marginalia or other
> inscriptions.
>
> We're going to make a Finding Aid with data like this available to
> all. Thanks so much for helping out!
>
> David
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