A book of her own
Subtitle: an exhibition of manuscripts and printed books in the Yale University Library that were owned by women before 1700
By: Robert G. Babcock ; in collaboration with Torrence N. Thomas, D. Marshall Kibbey, Elizabeth P. Archibald.
Contributors: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Publisher: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: Yale University -- Libraries -- Exhibitions.; Women -- Books and reading -- History -- Exhibitions.; Books -- Owners' marks -- Exhibitions.; Early printed books -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions.; Manuscripts -- Exhibitions.; Nuns -- Books and reading -- History -- Exhibitions.; Religious libraries -- History -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.; Bibliography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, from October 28, 2005 through January 2006."
Table of contents: value: A book of her own : introduction / Robert G. Babcock; value: A most noble and worthy treasure : the library of the Cloister of Saint Elisabeth in Bressanone / Torrence N. Thomas; value: "I wright my name" : seventeenth-century women and their books / Elizabeth P. Archibald; value: "Ego infelix peccatrix" : evidence other than inscriptions for female ownership of early books / D. Marshall Kibbey.