Edward Gordon Duff (1863–1924) was a bibliographer and librarian with a particular interest in early printed books. He was librarian of the John Rylands Library, Manchester, from 1893 to 1900, and Sandars Reader in Bibliography at Cambridge in 1899, 1904 and 1911. Alongside research and writing he also did freelance cataloguing.
Duff's work set new standards of accuracy in bibliography, which he considered a science. Early Printed Books was published in 1893 as part of A. W.
Pollard's series Books about Books, and became a standard work on the subject. Duff provides a concise and clear account of the development of printing and its spread from Germany across Europe, country by country, deliberately highlighting some of the less well known aspects of the subject. The book ends with chapters on bookbinding and on the collection and description of early printed books.
| ISBN: | 9781108026741 |
| Publication date: | 10th March 2011 |
| Author: | E Gordon Duff |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history Literary studies: general |
Edward Gordon Duff (1863–1924) was a bibliographer and librarian with a particular interest in early printed books. He was librarian of the John Rylands Library, Manchester, from 1893 to 1900, and Sandars Reader in Bibliography at Cambridge in 1899, 1904 and 1911.
Early Printed Books features in the following genres: Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general
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Early Printed Books was written by E Gordon Duff and published by Cambridge University Press
Early Printed Books has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries series
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