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The Book Encompassed
Studies in Twentieth-Century Bibliography

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Peter Davison, Julian Roberts, G. Thomas Tanselle, Christopher de Hamel, Jenny Stratford, Tom Davis, John Bidwell, Nicholas Barker, Miriam Foot, Lotte Hellinga, Robin Myers, T. H. Howard-Hill, Sarah Tyacke, Gwyn Walters, Magda Whitrow, David McKitterick, Peter Isaac, Michael Perkin, Brian Hillyard, Eiluned Rees, Charles Benson, Mary Pollard, David Shaw, B. L. Bloomfield, Wallace Kirsop, Sebastian Brock, Fredson Bowers, John L. Flood, Conor Fahy, Akihiro Yamada, Robin Alston, D. F. McKenzie, Terry Belanger
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  • Date Published: November 1992
  • availability: Unavailable - out of print June 1997
  • format: Hardback
  • isbn: 9780521418782

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  • The techniques and approaches fostered in the first half of this century by what was called the 'New Bibliography' have spread throughout the world, developing and expanding in association with bodies such as the Bibliographical Society. The essays specially commissioned for this volume take 'New Bibliography' into the twenty-first century. They survey bibliographic and textual studies in some thirty fields, and include discussions of major issues and developments. Areas covered include manuscript studies and the analysis of handwriting; the physical characteristics of the book – its paper, type, and binding; enumerative and descriptive bibliography; incunabula, cartography, book illustration, book catalogues, and the Stationers' Company; bibliographical developments in the history of science, and in many countries – France, Germany, Italy, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the British Provincial Book Trade, Japan and the Orient, Australia and New Zealand; developments in the theory and practice of editing texts (including biblical texts); the history of the book; and the implications of the computer for bibliography. An important feature of these essays is that each makes proposals for future research, ensuring the vitality of bibliography in the next half-century. Appearing at the time of the Bibliographical Society's centenary, the collection provides a landmark, taking stock of developments in what has become a vast and vital area of study, and mapping out its future parameters.

    • The first state-of-the-art survey of the field of bibliography for almost fifty years
    • Maps out directions for future research in all aspects of the field
    • An international range of countries covered.
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    • Date Published: November 1992
    • format: Hardback
    • isbn: 9780521418782
    • length: 331 pages
    • dimensions: 254 x 179 x 22 mm
    • weight: 0.858kg
    • contains: 3 b/w illus.
    • availability: Unavailable - out of print June 1997
  • Table of Contents

    Acknowledgements
    Abbreviations
    Notes on contributors
    1. Introduction Peter Davison
    2. The Bibliographic Society, 1892–1992 Julian Roberts
    3. Issues in bibliographic studies since 1942 G. Thomas Tanselle
    4. Medieval manuscript studies Christopher de Hamel
    5. English literary manuscripts of the twentieth century Jenny Stratford
    6. The analysis of handwriting: an introductory survey Tom Davis
    7. The study of paper as evidence, artefact, and commodity John Bidwell
    8. Typographic studies Nicholas Barker
    9. The future of bookbinding research Miriam Foot
    9. Incunabula 1942–1992: from type to text Lotte Hellinga
    10. Stationers'Company bibliography 1892–1992 Robin Myers
    11. Enumerative and descriptive bibliography T. H. Howard-Hill
    12. Describing maps Sarah Tyacke
    13. Developments in the study of book illustration Gwyn Walters
    14. Bibliographical developments in the history of science Magda Whitrow
    15. Book catalogues: their varieties and uses David McKitterick
    16. The British provincial book trade Peter Isaac and Michael Perkin
    17. Scottish bibliography for the period ending 1801 Brian Hillyard
    18. From autography to automation: Welsh bibliography Eiluned Rees
    19. The silken purse: bibliography in Ireland Charles Benson and Mary Pollard
    20. La bibliologie in France David Shaw
    21. Bibliography and oriental literature B. L. Bloomfield
    22. Tradition and innovation: bibliography in Australia and New Zealand Wallace Kirsop
    23. Developments in editing biblical texts Sebastian Brock
    24. Notes on theory and practice in editing texts Fredson Bowers
    25. Analytical and textual bibliography in Germany and Italy John L. Flood and Conor Fahy
    26. Bibliographical studies in Japan Akihiro Yamada
    27. Bibliography in the computer age Robin Alston
    28. History of the book D. F. McKenzie
    29. Envoi: meditations by the Captain of the Iceberg Terry Belanger
    Index.

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    Peter Davison

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    Peter Davison, Julian Roberts, G. Thomas Tanselle, Christopher de Hamel, Jenny Stratford, Tom Davis, John Bidwell, Nicholas Barker, Miriam Foot, Lotte Hellinga, Robin Myers, T. H. Howard-Hill, Sarah Tyacke, Gwyn Walters, Magda Whitrow, David McKitterick, Peter Isaac, Michael Perkin, Brian Hillyard, Eiluned Rees, Charles Benson, Mary Pollard, David Shaw, B. L. Bloomfield, Wallace Kirsop, Sebastian Brock, Fredson Bowers, John L. Flood, Conor Fahy, Akihiro Yamada, Robin Alston, D. F. McKenzie, Terry Belanger

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