ABHB Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries : Volume 1: Publications of 1970/Volume 2: Publications of 1971

The history of printing, books, and libraries, is confined only to a limited extent within the boundaries of individual countries. There are, indeed, few historical developments which have played a more universal role, in reaction against all kinds of particularism, than type design, printing, book production, publishing, illustration, binding, librarianship, journal­ ism, and related subjects. Their history should be assessed and studied primarily in an international, not in a local, context. The bibliographical resources, however, which the historian of these sub­ jects has at his disposal correspond hardly at all to the essentially inter­ national character of the object of his studies. Since the appearance of the retrospective bibliography of BIG MORE and WYMAN, covering the subject comprehensively up to r88o, the only current bibliography has been the lnternationale Bibliographie des Buck-und Bi­ bliothekswesens. Covering a representative part of newly published liter­ ature, it appeared from rgz8, but did not survive the Second World War. More recently, several useful, but limited, bibliographies have appeared. Front Matter....Pages I-254 General Works about the History of the Printed Book and Library....Pages 24-27 Paper, Inks, Printing Materials....Pages 27-29 Calligraphy, Type Design, Typefounding....Pages 29-33 Layout, Composing, Printing, Presses, Printed Books....Pages 33-65 Book Illustration....Pages 65-77 Bookbinding....Pages 77-81 Book Trade, Publishing....Pages 81-98 Bibliophily, Book-Collecting....Pages 98-108 Institutions, Libraries, Librarianship, Scholarship....Pages 108-129 Legal, Economic, Social Aspects....Pages 129-135 Newspapers, Journalism....Pages 136-149 Relation to Secondary Subjects....Pages 149-196 General Works about the History of the Printed Book and Library....Pages 255-257 Paper, Inks, Printing Materials....Pages 257-259 Calligraphy, Type Design, Typefounding....Pages 259-264 Layout, Composing, Printing, Presses, Printed Books....Pages 264-296 Book Illustration....Pages 296-311 Bookbinding....Pages 311-314 Book Trade, Publishing....Pages 314-330 Bibliophily, Bookcollecting....Pages 331-341 Institutions, Libraries, Librarianship, Scholarship....Pages 341-359 Legal, Economic, Social Aspects....Pages 359-367 Newspapers, Journalism....Pages 367-389 Relation to Secondary Subjects....Pages 389-438 Back Matter....Pages 197-471