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About Us

About UsDavid Shaw2023-10-19T20:54:05+01:00

Founded in 1892, the Bibliographical Society is the senior learned society dealing with the study of the book and its history.

The objectives of the Society are:

to promote and encourage study and research in the fields of:
historical, analytical, descriptive and textual bibliography,
the history of printing, publishing, bookselling, bookbinding and collecting;
to hold meetings at which papers are read and discussed;
to print and publish a journal and books concerned with bibliography;
to maintain a bibliographical library;
from time to time to award a medal for services to bibliography
to support bibliographical research by awarding grants and bursaries.