LAR5340

Historical bibliography

Not offered in 1998

8 points
* 3 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton
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Objectives At the completion of this subject students should have acquired a knowledge of the materials and technology of book production, 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%
* Printing exercise: 10%

Recommended texts

Gaskell P A new introduction to bibliography St Paul's, 1995