Every item of data recorded (a certain style of decoration or binding, the date of a manuscript note, etc.) is treated as a valuable clue for provenance, therefore it can be geographically located and chronologically dated. This enables to track the movement of books across Europe and through the centuries.
PossessorePuttick & Simpson (fl. 1794-1971)booksellers and auctioneers of London; see James B. Coover, Music at Auction: Puttick and Simpson (of London), 1794-1971 (Warren, Mich., 1988); see also entries under anonymous sales, above, for 3-5 Mar. 1885, 29 Apr. 1885, 25-27 Jan. 1886, 4 Feb. 1886, 25 Feb. 1886, and 17 Jun. 1891.
PossessorePuttick & Simpson (fl. 1794-1971)booksellers and auctioneers of London; see James B. Coover, Music at Auction: Puttick and Simpson (of London), 1794-1971 (Warren, Mich., 1988); see also entries under anonymous sales, above, for 3-5 Mar. 1885, 29 Apr. 1885, 25-27 Jan. 1886, 4 Feb. 1886, 25 Feb. 1886, and 17 Jun. 1891.