The Book Encompassed: Studies in Twentieth-Century Bibliography

TitleThe Book Encompassed: Studies in Twentieth-Century Bibliography
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1992
Series EditorDavison, Peter
Number of Pages315 pp.
PublisherCambridge University Press
CityNew York, NY
LanguageEnglish
Annotation

Contents:

The Bibliographical Society, 1942-1992 / Julian Roberts
Issues in bibliographical studies since 1942 / G. Thomas Tanselle
Medieval manuscript studies / Christopher De Hamel
English literary manuscripts of the twentieth century / Jenny Stratford
The analysis of handwriting : an introductory survey / Tom Davis
The study of paper as evidence, artefact, and commodity / John Bidwell
Typographic studies / Nicolas Barker
The future of bookbinding research / Mirjam M. Foot
Incunabula, 1942-1992 : from type to text / Lotte Hellinga
Stationers' Company bibliography, 1892-1992 / Robin Myers
Enumerative and descriptive bibliography / T.H. Howard-Hill
Describing maps / Sarah Tyacke
Developments in the study of book illustration / Gwyn Walters
Bibliographical developments in the history of science / Magda Whitrow
Book catalogues : their varieties and uses / David McKitterick
The British provincial book trade / Peter Isaac, Michael Perkin
Scottish bibliography for the period ending 1801 / Brian Hillyard
From autograph to automation : Welsh bibliography / Eiluned Rees
The silken purse : bibliography in Ireland / Charles Benson, Mary Pollard
La bibliologie in France / David Shaw
Bibliography and oriental literature / B.C. Bloomfield
Tradition and innovation : bibliography in Australia and New Zealand / Wallace Kirsop
Developments in editing biblical texts / Sebastian P. Brock
Notes on theory and practice in editing texts / Fredson Bowers
Analytical and textual bibliography in Germany and Italy / John L. Flood, Conor Fahy
Bibliographical studies in Japan / Akihiro Yamada
Bibliography in the computer age / Robin Alston
History of the book / D.F. McKenzie
Meditations by the Captain of the Iceberg / Terry Belanger.

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