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.
Provenance nameNédonchel, [ ], comte depossibly to be identified with Georges Alexandre F. Nédonchel (fl. c.1867?); sale, Catalogue de la bibliothèque de feu M/le Comte Georges de Nédonchel (Ghent: Camille Vyt, n.d.).
Provenance
1801 -
2000
Time period1801 - 2000
Provenance nameBacker, Hector Marie A. de (1843-1925), 1843 - 1925 engineer; see Hommes et destins: dictionnaire biographique d'outre-mer, 1- (Paris, 1977- ), IV 45-9; Clark, Collectors, 7; sales in Paris, 1926-8.
Provenance
1801 -
2000
Time period1801 - 2000
Provenance nameEhrman, Albert (1890-1969), 1890 - 1969 diamond merchant; see Albert Ehrman, `Contemporary Collectors II: The Broxbourne Library', Book Collector, 3 (1954), 190-7; part of his collection was presented to the Bodleian Library in 1978, through the Friends of the National Libraries, by John Ehrman, in memory of his parents; now kept as the `Broxbourne Collection', so named from the village of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, where Ehrman was then living; see `The Broxbourne Library', BLR 10 (1979), 78-80. Some items were bought at the Broxbourne sale (London: Sotheby, Parke, Bernet & Co., 14 Nov. 1977, 8 May 1978); see Nicolas Barker, `Albert Ehrman', Book Collector, 19 (1970), 455-64; `News and comments', Book Collector, 27 (1978), 83-7, 552-3; John Bidwell, `Albert Ehrman', in Grolier 2000: A Further Grolier Club Biographical Retrospective in Celebration of the Millennium (New York, 2000), 84-7.
Provenance
1801 -
2000
Time period1801 - 2000
Provenance nameLondon, E. P. Goldschmidt & Co., 1887 - 1954 see R. O. Dougan, `E. Ph. Goldschmidt, 1887-1954', Library, 5th ser., 9 (1954), 74-84; Jacques Vellekoop, `Ernst Philip Goldschmidt 1887-1954: the Evolution of a Great Bookseller', Book Collector, 3 (1954), 119-24; Catalogue 39: Rare & Valuable Books [London, n.d.].
Provenance nameNédonchel, [ ], comte depossibly to be identified with Georges Alexandre F. Nédonchel (fl. c.1867?); sale, Catalogue de la bibliothèque de feu M/le Comte Georges de Nédonchel (Ghent: Camille Vyt, n.d.).
Provenance
1801 -
2000
Time period1801 - 2000
Provenance nameBacker, Hector Marie A. de (1843-1925), 1843 - 1925 engineer; see Hommes et destins: dictionnaire biographique d'outre-mer, 1- (Paris, 1977- ), IV 45-9; Clark, Collectors, 7; sales in Paris, 1926-8.
Provenance
1801 -
2000
Time period1801 - 2000
Provenance nameEhrman, Albert (1890-1969), 1890 - 1969 diamond merchant; see Albert Ehrman, `Contemporary Collectors II: The Broxbourne Library', Book Collector, 3 (1954), 190-7; part of his collection was presented to the Bodleian Library in 1978, through the Friends of the National Libraries, by John Ehrman, in memory of his parents; now kept as the `Broxbourne Collection', so named from the village of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, where Ehrman was then living; see `The Broxbourne Library', BLR 10 (1979), 78-80. Some items were bought at the Broxbourne sale (London: Sotheby, Parke, Bernet & Co., 14 Nov. 1977, 8 May 1978); see Nicolas Barker, `Albert Ehrman', Book Collector, 19 (1970), 455-64; `News and comments', Book Collector, 27 (1978), 83-7, 552-3; John Bidwell, `Albert Ehrman', in Grolier 2000: A Further Grolier Club Biographical Retrospective in Celebration of the Millennium (New York, 2000), 84-7.
Provenance
1801 -
2000
Time period1801 - 2000
Provenance nameLondon, E. P. Goldschmidt & Co., 1887 - 1954 see R. O. Dougan, `E. Ph. Goldschmidt, 1887-1954', Library, 5th ser., 9 (1954), 74-84; Jacques Vellekoop, `Ernst Philip Goldschmidt 1887-1954: the Evolution of a Great Bookseller', Book Collector, 3 (1954), 119-24; Catalogue 39: Rare & Valuable Books [London, n.d.].