David Pearson is Director of the University of London Research Library Services, with extensive experience of managing and working in major research collections. He is also a respected scholar in the field of book history, whose articles and books (including Provenance research in book history, 1994, Oxford bookbinding 1500-1640, 2000, and English bookbinding styles 1450-1800: a handbook, 2005) have focussed on various aspects of the ownership and binding of books.

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David Pearson is Director of the University of London Research Library Services, with extensive experience of managing and working in major research collections. He is also a respected scholar in the field of book history, whose articles and books (including Provenance research in book history, 1994, Oxford bookbinding 1500-1640, 2000, and English bookbinding styles 1450-1800: a handbook, 2005) have focussed on various aspects of the ownership and binding of books.