Books and their owners based on kassam defters of Sarajevo Court 1762–1787 Cover Image

Knjige i njihovi vlasnici prema kassam defterima Sarajevskog suda 1762.-1787.
Books and their owners based on kassam defters of Sarajevo Court 1762–1787

Author(s): Asim Zubčević
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Orijentalni Institut u Sarajevu
Keywords: cultural history; history of book; private collections; Sarajevo; 18th century; kassam defters

Summary/Abstract: Based on the property lists (kassam defters) of the deceased inhabitants of the Sarajevo kadilik, the article presents books and their 472 owners for the period 1762–1787. After identifiying the limitations of the sources, the article presents book-owners according to their gender, religion, profession and title. Books are analyzed in terms of the size of book-collections, the most widespread and the most expensive books, printed books, and magazines. The list of works is given according to their number in these defters.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 60
  • Page Range: 431-450
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Bosnian