Additional Resources

Hopefully this exhibit will spark your interest in provenance research! If it does, the resources below provide excellent background information on this topic.

Manuscripts:

Baker, John H. English legal manuscripts in the United States of America : a descriptive list … (London : Selden Society, 1985- )
Available online

Ricci, Seymour de. Census of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New York : H.W. Wilson, 1935-1940)
Available online

1962 Supplement
Available online

Ricci, Seymour de. English collectors of books & manuscripts (1530-1930) and their marks of ownership. (Bloomington : Indiana University Press [1960])

Seymour de Ricci Bibliotheca Britannica Manuscripta Digitized Archive, “a searchable database containing the digitized notes of the historian and bibliographer Seymour Montefiore Robert Rosso de Ricci (1881-1942) made for the compilation of his unfinished Bibliotheca Britannica Manuscripta.”
Available online

Books & Manuscripts:

Pearson, David. Provenance research in book history : a handbook. (London, 1994), Law School Special Coll Ref Z987 .P43x 1994