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Manual of Bibliography: Being an Introduction to the Knowledge of Books, Library Management, and the Art of Cataloguing, With a List of Bibliographical Works of Reference, a Latin-English and English-Latin Topographical Index of Ancient Printing Centres, - Softcover
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Excerpt from Manual of Bibliography: Being an Introduction to the Knowledge of Books, Library Management, and the Art of Cataloguing, With a List of Bibliographical Works of Reference, a Latin-English and English-Latin Topographical Index of Ancient Printing Centres, and a Glossary
Although this manual makes no pretence to be a complete 'summary of the vast subject on which it treats, we feel confident that it Will be found sufficiently comprehensive to be of great service and practical utility to book-lovers, and all others whose inclination or business leads them to make a study of Bibliography.
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2020
- ISBN 10 1331994985
- ISBN 13 9781331994985
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages228
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