MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Computing & Information Technology Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

LAR5340

Historical bibliography

B J McMullin

8 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Clayton + Note: Available to MLib students only

Synopsis A study of the changing technologies of book production in the Western tradition from the fifteenth century onwards; and the bibliographical control of incunabula and other pre-1801 printed books. Taught in conjunction with LAR4040, but with the added requirement that students hand-set a short text and print it on a flat-bed press.

Assessment Two essays: 60% + Identification exercise: 30% + Printing exercise: 10%

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