MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Graduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

BTM4010

Analytical and descriptive bibliography

Brian McMullin

12 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Clayton

Synopsis This subject is a study of (a) physical bibliography, with an emphasis on those aspects affecting the transmission of printed texts, (b) analytical and descriptive bibliography, and (c) techniques of bibliographical scholarship.

Assessment Weekly exercises (9000 words): 100%

Recommended texts

Bowers F Principles of bibliographical description Any edition
Gaskell P A new introduction to bibliography Clarendon, 1972
Padwick E W Bibliographical method James Clarke, 1969

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