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Questions of survival and loss bedevil the study of early printed books. Many early publications are not particularly rare, but others have disappeared altogether. This is clear not only from the improbably large number of books that survive in only one copy, but from many references in contemporary documents to books that cannot now be located. In this volume leading specialists in the field explore different aspects of this poorly understood aspect of book history: classes of texts particularly impacted by poor rates of survival; lost books revealed in contemporary lists or inventories; the collections of now dispersed libraries; deliberate and accidental destruction. A final section describes modern efforts at salvage and restitution following the devastation of the twentieth century.

Book history --- history [discipline] --- books --- private collections --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1400-1499 --- Europe --- 02 <09> <4> --- 024.8 --- Bibliotheekwezen:--algemene geschiedenis--Europa --- Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken door gebruikers. Checkpoint --- 024.8 Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken door gebruikers. Checkpoint --- 02 <09> <4> Bibliotheekwezen:--algemene geschiedenis--Europa --- Lost books --- Early printed books --- Books --- Printing --- Censorship --- Private libraries --- Libraries --- History --- Destruction and pillage --- 024.8 Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken (door gebruikers). --- Beschadiging, verlies en diefstal van boeken (door gebruikers). --- Lost books - Europe - History --- Early printed books - Europe --- Books - Europe - History - 1450-1600 --- Books - Europe - History - 17th century --- Printing - Europe - History - 16th century --- Printing - Europe - History - 17th century --- Censorship - Europe - History --- Private libraries - Europe - History --- Libraries - Destruction and pillage - Europe - History --- private collections [object groupings] --- History. --- Humanities