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 nameNorth, Frederic (1766-1827); 5th Earl of Guilford, 1766 - 1827 see DNB; anonymous armorial book-plate, with motto: `La vertue est la seule noblesse'; Howe, Book Plates, nos 22018-19; circular stamp with a gothic `G' surmounted by an earl's coronet; sales 15 Dec. 1828; 12 Jan 1829; 28 Feb 1829; 20 Dec. 1830; 5 Jan. 1831; 9 Nov. 1835.
Provenance
1801 -
1900
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance nameSweetinburgh, R. F. and C. J. (fl. 1831-1833)booksellers, Oxford; for R. F. (Robert Friend) Sweetinburgh see Foster, 1715-1886, IV 1377 (`bibliopola; privilegiatus 25 May, 1833'); see Library Bills (1829-32), nos 333 and 366.
Provenance nameNorth, Frederic (1766-1827); 5th Earl of Guilford, 1766 - 1827 see DNB; anonymous armorial book-plate, with motto: `La vertue est la seule noblesse'; Howe, Book Plates, nos 22018-19; circular stamp with a gothic `G' surmounted by an earl's coronet; sales 15 Dec. 1828; 12 Jan 1829; 28 Feb 1829; 20 Dec. 1830; 5 Jan. 1831; 9 Nov. 1835.
Provenance
1801 -
1900
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance nameSweetinburgh, R. F. and C. J. (fl. 1831-1833)booksellers, Oxford; for R. F. (Robert Friend) Sweetinburgh see Foster, 1715-1886, IV 1377 (`bibliopola; privilegiatus 25 May, 1833'); see Library Bills (1829-32), nos 333 and 366.