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Bologna, 20-26 September 2010 - ILAB Congress and International Antiquarian Book Fair
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The full brochure, including programme, details, costs inclusive of VAT, etc. can be downloaded here: Brochure. In order to register, please click on the following link: Online Registration. Please note that the form must be filled for one participant at a time. If you had already pre-registered, you must nevertheless register again online in order to confirm your participation and settle the downpayment.
Meet the World’s Best Booksellers at the ILAB Congresses and International Antiquarian Book Fairs! The Italian Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (ALAI) will welcome hundreds of bibliophiles from all over the world to the 39th ILAB Congress and 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair. More ...
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Paris - FRANCE
Specialties: Atlases and maps, Old and rare books, Prints and drawings, Travel, Atlases and Maps, Old Books, Travel, Prints
Most recent catalog: Sea Charts
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Rare Book Fair, organized by the ARIOC (Association des revendeurs d'imprimes et autres objets à vocation culturelle du Sud-Ouest), between 40 and 50 exhibitors, held in Toulouse at the... [+] More
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After the Renaissance, libraries found themselves faced with the task of solving hitherto unknown problems of internal organization; and again after the Enlightenment had produced the type of the scholarly reference library, the nineteenth century found itself harried by a series of grave new problems of organization. As the Renaissance was ushered in, large numbers of books had been transferred to new owners, and this took place at the beginning of the Enlightenment to an even greater degree. In the earlier age the Reformation had provided the impetus; now it was the French Revolution.
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The book arts and the history of printing, publishing and bookselling fall within this genre, as do books that recount the trials, tribulations and triumphs of individual book collectors. Indeed, some book lovers only collect books about book collecting. Books which systematically record the physical and textual components of other books according to a set criterion are known as 'bibliographies'.
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There is a rich potential source of information about the history of Old English scholarship which has hitherto been accorded insufficient attention. In 1982 Eric Stanley made an appeal for “a catalogue of association copies of books relevant to Anglo-Saxon studies, especially of early books” (The Bibliography of Old English, ed. Stanley B. Greenfield, OEN Subsidia 8, p. 5). No scholar has yet taken up the challenge and the production of such a catalogue would indeed be a massive task. There are too many copies, both in libraries and in private collections, with inscriptions and annotations ...
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