Bernard Quaritch

Japanese: Bernard Quaritch(英語表記)BernardQuaritch
Bernard Quaritch

…They are also called secondhand bookshops (booksellers) in English, and stores that specialize in classics and valuable books are called antiquarian bookshops (booksellers). Generally, they are familiar to people as stores that sell old books at low prices, but secondhand bookshops that handle national treasure-class manuscripts and old editions have a wealth of bibliographical knowledge backed by experience, and often function as behind-the-scenes information providers for authors and researchers. For example, the catalogs published by the British antiquarian bookshop Bernard Quaritch contain information that points out errors in existing bibliographies, and are attracting the attention of bibliographical researchers. In Japan, it is well known that the Tenri Library, which has a large collection of valuable books, owes its collection to the efforts of secondhand bookshops such as Sorimachi Kobunso. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Bernard Quaritch" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古書店ともいい,英語ではsecondhand bookshop(bookseller),古典籍や貴重本を専門とする店はantiquarian bookshop(bookseller)という。一般には読み古された本を安価で売る店として人々に親しまれているが,国宝級の写本や古版本を扱う古本屋は経験に裏打ちされた書誌的知識を豊富に有し,作家・研究者の陰の資料提供者として機能することも多く,たとえばイギリスの大古書店バーナード・クオリッチBernard Quaritch等の発行するカタログは,既成の書誌の誤りを指摘する情報を含み,書誌研究者に注目されるほどである。日本でも,貴重本を多数所蔵する天理図書館が反町(そりまち)弘文荘ほかの古本屋の集書努力に負っていることは有名である。…

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