At the end of March we will be travelling (virtually) to Tokyo to see some of the rare books and special collections of Keio University Library. Our hosts will be Professor Satoko Tokunaga (the Society’s Hon. Secretary for Japan), Professor Takami Matsuda, Professor Takahiro Sasaki, and Professor Emeritus Toshiyuki Takamiya. [...]
Monday, December 13, 2021 - 17:30 ELIZABETH SAVAGE: German Renaissance woodcuts at the British Museum Council has decided that this event will now be via Zoom online only. We are all facing new restrictions and cautions and Elizabeth has understandably confirmed that she will be speaking online. The Antiquaries themselves [...]
The Bibliographical Society is very pleased to announce that Professor Michael Twyman has been chosen as the recipient of the Society’s 2021 Gold Medal. The presentation will take place before the lectured on Tuesday, 16 November 2021, at the Society of Antiquaries. Michael Twyman is Professor Emeritus of the Department [...]
The Society is pleased to announce that this year's summer visit will take place virtually to three libraries in Australia by Zoom on Tuesday 27 July. For further details and booking form see http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/summer-virtual-visit_2021
The Bibliographical Society is pleased to announce its latest publication: The Dublin Book Trade 1801–1850. By Charles Benson. Members should expect to receive a copy in early May. Click here for further details.
Virtual Winter Visit: Wednesday, 24 February 2021 Following a very successful virtual summer visit in 2020, we are pleased to have organised a virtual winter visit to Mexico. Our visit will take in three libraries and their collections: The National Library of Mexico. National Library of Anthropology and History. Francisco [...]
The Bibliographical Society intends to make an award of its Gold Medal in 2021. Nominations of suitable recipients are invited. For further information, see http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/content/gold-medallists.
The next virtual edition of The Library offers 13 articles on Venetian printing, selected with an editorial introduction by guest editor Professor Cristina Dondi (Lincoln College, Oxford). The articles were published in The Library between 1890 and 2016. The articles will remain freely available for three months, but the editorial permanently. To [...]
The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new electronic publication: A catalogue of the editions of the Elements and other Euclidean works by Benjamin Wardhaugh, with the assistance of Philip Beeley and Yelda Nasifoglu. Link: Euclid in print, 1482–1703
The Society is pleased to announce a new electronic publication: Richard Goulden, A Biographical Dictionary of those engaged in the Book Trade in Kent, 1750–1900. This is a searchable PDF version of the original publication of 2014 together with a file of additions and corrections. This dictionary covers each person's career [...]
Book Owners Online is a directory of historical book owners, with information about their libraries, and signposts to further reference sources. It currently covers seventeenth-century English owners, with the potential to be expanded. The database is a development from David Pearson's listing of English book owners of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries available [...]
The Society’s annual summer visit has had to be cancelled this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead of visiting the Library and Archives of Hatfield House as planned, we invite you to join us for a virtual visit to three other splendid UK libraries. · Thomas Plume’s Library, Maldon, Essex: [...]