Historical bibliography
B J McMullin
8 points
* 3 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton
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Note: Available to MLib students only
Objectives At the completion of this subject students should have acquired a knowledge of the materials and technology of book production, as a background to professional studies, as an illustration of historical processes, and as an illumination of current problems, particularly in preservation.
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%
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Printing exercise: 10%
Recommended texts
Gaskell P A A new introduction to bibliography Clarendon, 1972
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