Sophie Floate
librarybodle.bsky.social
Sophie Floate
@librarybodle.bsky.social
Rare books cataloguer at University of Oxford
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Fantastic post on the blog today by Joe Black, who discusses Lady Bindloss's booklist--evidence of what books she bought, how she ordered them from London, and even how she shelved them by color earlymodernfemalebookownership.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/l... #EarlyModern #HerBook
Lady Bindloss Buys Some Books (1676)
Of the various kinds of documents that provide evidence of book ownership in the early modern period, purchase records are among the scarcest survivals: most booklists take the form of wills, inven…
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August 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Small engraving of John Wallis' "Library, Shed and Room for morning recreation" in Sidmouth, Devon. Wallis, a London publisher of illustrations & games, relocated to Sidmouth where he set up a circulating library "Wallis' Marine Library" #devon #aquatints #printinghistory #libraryhistory
August 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Manuscript ownership verses in a 1641 copy of "A defence of church-government" at Harris Manchester College - by a Hugh Ramsden, circa 1707 and a reference to a possible female book owner Elizabeth Brearley #HerBook #bookhistory #earlymodern #bookownership
July 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Interesting inscription in a copy of "A justification of separation from the Church of England ..." (1639): "Daniel Parker at the white glass-house in Winchester yard in Southwarke Cost 3s". I've not been able to locate this (presumed) bookseller ... anyone come across him? #bookhistory #earlymodern
June 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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ESTC is back online in a new beta version hosted by CERL: datb.cerl.org/estc/ #RareBooks #BookHistory #Skystorians #GLAM 📚📜
English Short Title Catalogue
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May 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Nice inscription and doodles in a copy of Luther's "Commentarie ... upon the epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians", printed 1616 in London, at Harris Manchester College; not been able to identify this Bridgyett Smith as yet ... #HerBook #EarlyModern
December 3, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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December 2, 2024 at 4:42 PM