medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Paul Chandler <[log in to unmask]>
> A librarian friend has been asked to send an incunabulum (Johannes Maria de
Poluciis, *Vita S. Alberti de Drepano*, Venice: Christophorus de Pensis?,
1499) to an exhibition. For insurance purposes he must provide a current
valuation, ....How would one go about this? --Paul
most book dealers --even those who deal in incunabula, even in Australia--
find that they have to buy books in order to sell them, Paul, so finding a
reputable, established dealer who would appreciate establishing contact with
part of your Vast International Network is your first step.
every more or less civilized country has professional associations which
high-end dealers may join (or, in some cases, be invited to join).
in the US, there's the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA)
http://www.abaa.org/
in France, there is SLAM (Syndicat National de la Librairie Ancienne et
Moderne)
http://www.slam-livre.fr/
and the umbrella International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB)
http://www.ilab.org/
why, it looks like there's even this Down Under:
The Australian & New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB)
http://www.anzaab.com/Anzaab/
membership in these is more or less an imprimatur of competence and
reputability, and is usually rather restricted (some by invitation from their
colleagues only) and they all have Codes to which their members are supposed
to adhere (on pain of expulsion).
so, i'd suggest contacting the Australian dealer nearest you who belongs to
the ANZAAB and seeing what he suggests regarding an appraisal --as i say, the
chances are that he'll be glad to gain some kind of IN to your Vast
International Network of possible sources for good books.
of course, the whole issue is somewhat moot, since the book in question will
no doubt soon be available for free in a very nice digital copy (and, thus,
will become worthless), like this one by the same author:
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00049803/image_1
c
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