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Article: History of bookbinding as a mirror of society.
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- Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
- Article date:
- September 22, 2000
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Mirjam M. Foot. The History of Bookbinding as a Mirror of Society. The Panizzi Lectures 1997. London: The British Library, 1998. 112 pp.; $40 (paper). ISBN 0 7123 4597 3.
In 1985, an annual series of lectures was established to honour the celebrated Victorian librarian Sir Anthony Panizzi's contributions to the development of The British Library. Each series deals with the subject of bibliography in its broadest sense and utilizes, as much as possible, the holdings of the Library. This publication consists of an edited version of three lectures given in 1997, the bicentenary of Panizzi's birth, by Dr. Mirjam Foot, the recently retired Director of Collections and ...