Laura Cleaver is Senior Lecturer in Manuscript Studies at the University of London and Principal Investigator of the CULTIVATE MSS project.Danielle Magnusson is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the CULTIVATE MSS project. Her research focuses on American collecting and early modern drama.Hannah Morcos is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the CULTIVATE MSS project. Her research focuses on the trade in French manuscripts.Angéline Rais is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the CULTIVATE MSS project. Her research focuses on book dealers in Germany and Switzerland.

• Acknowledgements AbbreviationsList of Illustrations List of TablesIntroduction Part 1: Dealers and the Market Chapter 1. "Bernard Quaritch Ltd., Bibliophilic Clubs and the Trade in Medieval Manuscripts ca. 1878–1939," by Pierre-Louis PinaultChapter 2. "Selling Middle English Manuscripts to North America up to 1945," by A. S. G. EdwardsChapter 3. "Dollars and Drama: Early English Plays and the American Book Trade 1906–1926," by Danielle MagnussonChapter 4. "The Fates of the Manuscripts from the Vallicelliana Library of Rome at the end of the Nineteenth Century," by Livia MarcelliChapter 5. "Fuelling the Market—Sales from Austrian Monasteries 1919–1938," by Katharina Kaska and Christoph EggerChapter 6. "Jacques Rosenthal’s Marketing Strategies: An Analysis of the Bibliotheca medii aevi manuscripta, 1925 and 1928," by Angéline RaisChapter 7. "From Drawing Room to Sale-room: Albums of Medieval Manuscript Cuttings in the 1920s," by Margaret Connolly Chapter 8. "Buying and Breaking with Philip and Otto," by Lisa Fagin DavisPart 2: Buyers Chapter 9. "Illuminations from Northern and Central Italy in the Collection of the Dealer Vittorio Forti," by Francesca ManzariChapter 10. "The One That Got Away: How Lord Brotherton Lost Out on a Book and Founded a Library," by Rhiannon Lawrence-FrancisChapter 11. "Becoming a Gentleman Collector: Alfred Chester Beatty’s Influence on Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian’s Manuscript Collection," by Karen WinslowChapter 12. "A Private Library and the Making of the Middle Ages in Florence: Piero Ginori Conti’s Collection," by Martina LanzaChapter 13. "The 'Calenzio Deal' and the Auction of the Oldest Vallicelliana Codices, 1874–1916," by Paola PaesanoChapter 14. "The Acquisitions of Florentine Public Libraries 1900–1935," by Federico BotanaChapter 15. "Private Purses and 'National' Possessions: The French Acquisitions from the Phillipps Library (1908)," by Hannah MorcosChapter 16. "The Case of Louvain University Library 1919–1940," by Jérémy Delmulle and Hanno WijsmanChapter 17. "To Buy, or Not to Buy? Market Forces and the Making of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s Collections," by James C. P. RanahanChapter 18. "Women Owners and Collectors in de Ricci’s Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada," by Toby BurrowsChapter 19. "'A most fascinating and dangerous pursuit': The Book Collecting of Isabella Stewart Gardner," by Natalia FantettiChapter 20. "The Collector, Edith Beatty (1886–1952)," by Jill UnkelChapter 21. "Paul Durrieu (1855–1925): Art Collecting and Scholarly Expertise," by Nathalie RomanPart 3: Scholarly and Creative Engagements Chapter 22. "Chronicling the Market in Rare Books and Manuscripts: William Roberts and Seymour de Ricci," by Nigel RamsayChapter 23. "Stories of an Antiquary: The Legacy of M. R. James," by Christine Jakobi-MirwaldChapter 24. "Phillipps MS 24275 and the Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Historiography of Bede’s Martyrology," by Kate FalardeauChapter 25. "Manuscripts and Meaning: The Biography and Value of John Ruskin’s Blue Psalter, Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique (KBR), MS IV 1013," by Alan MitchellChapter 26. "Translation, Tradition and Tracing the History of an Irish Manuscript Primer," by Nora Moroney, Chapter 27. "The Bedford Psalter and Hours: Making and Un-making National Identity in the Acquisition of an 'English' Manuscript," by Dongwon Esther KimChapter 28. "The National Collection that Never Was: The 'failure' of Henry Yates Thompson’s Experimental National Gallery Exhibition," by Alexandra PlaneChapter 29. "Exhibiting Italian Books Outside Italy: Tammaro de Marinis and the1926 Exposition du livre italien," by Gaia GrizziChapter 30. "A Reference Book for Scholars and Collectors: Eric Millar’s English Illuminated Manuscripts, 1926–1928," by William P. StonemanConclusion: "Consequences"Select BibliographyIndex of Pre-Modern ManuscriptsIndex of People