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Sophie Floate

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Rare books cataloguer at University of Oxford

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Martine van Elk @martinevanelk.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

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

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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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Sophie Floate @librarybodle.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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

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Sophie Floate @librarybodle.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

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

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Sophie Floate @librarybodle.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

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

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

ESTC is back online in a new beta version hosted by CERL: datb.cerl.org/estc/ #RareBooks #BookHistory #Skystorians #GLAM 📚📜

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English Short Title Catalogue

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Sophie Floate @librarybodle.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

What a fascinating post! Thank you Tamara, so interesting. I will definitely look out for the name here in Oxford ...

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Sophie Floate @librarybodle.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

No, unfortunately not …

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Sophie Floate @librarybodle.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

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

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Sophie Floate @librarybodle.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Statement from the Bodleian on the resources they've had to take down: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/service-upda...

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Sophie Floate @librarybodle.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Statement just issued from the Bodleian: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/service-upda...

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