A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by Margaret Ford, Past President. The December choice is by our new President, James Raven. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
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
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by Margaret Ford, Past President. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
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 [...]
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by our President, Margaret Ford. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by our President, Margaret Ford. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
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 [...]
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by our President, Margaret Ford. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by our President, Margaret Ford. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
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: [...]
The Society is seeking to appoint three new Council members at its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, 18 October 2022. Also at the AGM James Raven will step down as President and will be succeeded by Richard Linenthal. Nominations for Council and a Vice-President will therefore be considered at the [...]
Bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council A new series initiated by Margaret Ford, Past President Posts from previous years: 2022 2021 2020 September 2023 Richard Sharpe’s Libraries and Books in Medieval England During my brief time in Oxford, I got to know the late Richard Sharpe quite [...]