Past Ownership: Evidence of Book Ownership by English Merchants in the Later Middle Ages

Author / Editor
Scott, Kathleen L.

Title
Past Ownership: Evidence of Book Ownership by English Merchants in the Later Middle Ages

Published
Carol M. Meale and Derek Pearsall, eds. Makers and Users of Medieval Books: Essays in Honour of A. S. G. Edwards (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2014), pp. 150-77.

Description
Examines records of medieval book ownership by focusing on inscriptions in manuscripts and early printed books, wills, and other inventories of collections from fifteenth-century merchants and craftsmen. Features two listings of merchants with book collections that include works by Chaucer.

Alternative Title
Makers and Users of Medieval Books: Essays in Honour of A. S. G. Edwards

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations