The Bibliographical Society
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The Bibliographical Society exists to promote the study of the history of the book, for librarians, collectors, historians and book lovers everywhere.
The Society’s first meeting of the 2025/2026 season will take place on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, at 5.30 p.m., at the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, and online via Zoom.
Bibliographical Society Lecture| 18 November 2025
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November 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The Society’s first meeting of the 2025/2026 season will take place on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, at 5.30 p.m., at the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, and online via Zoom.
Every year, The Bibliographical Society awards a number of major grants to those engaged in bibliographical research with primary focus on the physical object as historical evidence.
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Every year, The Bibliographical Society awards a number of major grants to those engaged in bibliographical research with primary focus on the physical object as historical evidence.
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Excited to have been elected Hon. Secretary of @bibsoc.bsky.social, doing good work to promote bookish research since 1892. Daunted to be following in the footsteps of the great A. W. Pollard (pictured in 1928), R. B. McKerrow & Mirjam Foot among others, but looking forward to new things!
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Excited to have been elected Hon. Secretary of @bibsoc.bsky.social, doing good work to promote bookish research since 1892. Daunted to be following in the footsteps of the great A. W. Pollard (pictured in 1928), R. B. McKerrow & Mirjam Foot among others, but looking forward to new things!
For this month's Council's Choice, Alexandra Franklin highlights Bodleian Broadside Ballads. Cyber-security concerns prompted the temporary closure of this resource in November 2024. Now all of the more than 35,000 records have returned to public view:
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Council’s Choice for November 2025 - Bibliographical Society
The (Partial) Return of the Bodleian Broadside Ballads Something about broadside ballads has recommended them as subjects for digital resources. As popular, ephemeral publications they have always pro...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
For this month's Council's Choice, Alexandra Franklin highlights Bodleian Broadside Ballads. Cyber-security concerns prompted the temporary closure of this resource in November 2024. Now all of the more than 35,000 records have returned to public view:
bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
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As part of the Fredson Bowers award from @bibsoc.bsky.social (🙏) I’ll be giving a short talk on ‘The reassembly, analysis and appraisal of John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870): #rarebooks collector; savant; scholar; slave owner’
November 18th, 5-7pm.
In person / online bibsoc.org.uk/event/panel-...
November 18th, 5-7pm.
In person / online bibsoc.org.uk/event/panel-...
November 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
As part of the Fredson Bowers award from @bibsoc.bsky.social (🙏) I’ll be giving a short talk on ‘The reassembly, analysis and appraisal of John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870): #rarebooks collector; savant; scholar; slave owner’
November 18th, 5-7pm.
In person / online bibsoc.org.uk/event/panel-...
November 18th, 5-7pm.
In person / online bibsoc.org.uk/event/panel-...
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We are thankful for the tour in the newly renovated Warburg Library @warburginstitute.bsky.social with its chief librarian, Giles Mandelbrote, before the 25 AGM of the Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social.
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We are thankful for the tour in the newly renovated Warburg Library @warburginstitute.bsky.social with its chief librarian, Giles Mandelbrote, before the 25 AGM of the Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social.
The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new e-resource: Benjamin Wardhaugh, 'Ancient Greek Mathematics in print, 1475–1703'. This can be downloaded as a PDF file from bibsoc.org.uk/ancient-gree...
Ancient Greek Mathematics - Bibliographical Society
Ancient Greek Mathematics in print 1475–1703 A bibliography of the editions of works other than those of Euclid BenjaminWardhaugh This bibliography lists early modern editions of Greek mathematical wo...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new e-resource: Benjamin Wardhaugh, 'Ancient Greek Mathematics in print, 1475–1703'. This can be downloaded as a PDF file from bibsoc.org.uk/ancient-gree...
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For work with a bibliographical/book history angle, there a number of grants (small and larger) from the @bibsoc.bsky.social: bibsoc.org.uk/fellowships/
Fellowships and Bursaries - Bibliographical Society
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October 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
For work with a bibliographical/book history angle, there a number of grants (small and larger) from the @bibsoc.bsky.social: bibsoc.org.uk/fellowships/
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Deadline extended! You have until Monday October 20th to put in an abstract! #queerbibliography #transbookhistory
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Your challenge for this weekend is to put in an abstract for Queer Bibliography 2026. It's what all the cool kids are doing.
The theme is Space, Place, Community (widely understood, certainly not limited to the South). CFP: shorturl.at/XAVJ0; Submit: forms.gle/XD7FgrrStp3j...
Athens GA and online
The theme is Space, Place, Community (widely understood, certainly not limited to the South). CFP: shorturl.at/XAVJ0; Submit: forms.gle/XD7FgrrStp3j...
Athens GA and online
October 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Deadline extended! You have until Monday October 20th to put in an abstract! #queerbibliography #transbookhistory
@bibsoc.bsky.social @bibsocamer.bsky.social @obs1922.bsky.social @transbookhistory.bsky.social @thetransfemininereview.com @sharpnews.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org
@bibsoc.bsky.social @bibsocamer.bsky.social @obs1922.bsky.social @transbookhistory.bsky.social @thetransfemininereview.com @sharpnews.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org
We're delighted to announce that two new members have been elected to our Outreach sub-committee: Sam Brown and Annabelle Hondier. bibsoc.org.uk/new-voices-o...
New Voices on Outreach Sub-Committee - Bibliographical Society
The Bibliographical Society is delighted to announce that two new members have been elected to the Society’s Outreach sub-committee. The sub-committee was established to promote the Society and biblio...
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September 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We're delighted to announce that two new members have been elected to our Outreach sub-committee: Sam Brown and Annabelle Hondier. bibsoc.org.uk/new-voices-o...
Our next Bibliographical Skills Workshop is taking place at the University of Stirling, on 28 October 2025: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Bibliographical Skills Workshop
Learn the basics of how to identify and describe early modern printed books.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our next Bibliographical Skills Workshop is taking place at the University of Stirling, on 28 October 2025: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Our friends at the British Library have asked us to share details of this year's Panizzi Lectures: events.bl.uk/events/books...
Books in their Elements: Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change | British Library
The Panizzi Lectures are a series of annual lectures based on original research by an eminent scholar of the book. The lecture series is named after Anthon
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September 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Our friends at the British Library have asked us to share details of this year's Panizzi Lectures: events.bl.uk/events/books...
Our friends at Middle Temple Library have asked us to share details of this Molyneux Globes Study Day: www.ticketsource.co.uk/middle-templ...
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September 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Our friends at Middle Temple Library have asked us to share details of this Molyneux Globes Study Day: www.ticketsource.co.uk/middle-templ...
For this month's Council's Choice, our Past President, Margaret Ford, highlights the Shakespeare Census, which provides a current census of copies of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Folios plus quarto editions up to 1700:
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Council’s Choice for September 2025 - Bibliographical Society
Shakespeare portal There is no paucity of Shakespeare bibliography but, even if you are fully immersed in the field, you may still find one e-resource useful as a portal bringing together a lot of inf...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
For this month's Council's Choice, our Past President, Margaret Ford, highlights the Shakespeare Census, which provides a current census of copies of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Folios plus quarto editions up to 1700:
bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
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Good morning Bluesky! I'm boosting an opportunity to run the special collections and archives division at Case Western Reserve University. You have a great team, exciting collections, and supportive peers. Can answer questions ❤️
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👉🏼 Rare Books Job Alert: Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western is hiring a director of rare books and university archives. 👈🏼
Pros: Cleveland rocks; our collections are fab, esp in history of print and science; you get to work with me 🥰
Cons: 🤷🏻♀️
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Pros: Cleveland rocks; our collections are fab, esp in history of print and science; you get to work with me 🥰
Cons: 🤷🏻♀️
employment.case.edu/psc/ERECRUIT...
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August 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Good morning Bluesky! I'm boosting an opportunity to run the special collections and archives division at Case Western Reserve University. You have a great team, exciting collections, and supportive peers. Can answer questions ❤️
@sharpnews.bsky.social @bibsoc.bsky.social @bibsocamer.bsky.social
@sharpnews.bsky.social @bibsoc.bsky.social @bibsocamer.bsky.social
The Society is delighted to report that its Gold Medal will be awarded this year to Dr David Shaw in recognition of his distinguished services to bibliography, including in the Cathedral Libraries Catalogue and his many publications on French and English printing.
August 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The Society is delighted to report that its Gold Medal will be awarded this year to Dr David Shaw in recognition of his distinguished services to bibliography, including in the Cathedral Libraries Catalogue and his many publications on French and English printing.
For this month's Council's Choice, our Honorary Secretary, Karen Limper-Herz, writes about the Einbanddatenbank, a key resource for identifying German bookbindings of the 15th and 16th centuries: bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
Council’s Choice for August 2025 - Bibliographical Society
The Einbanddatenbank A Key Resource for Identifying German Bookbindings of the 15th and 16th Centuries The Einbanddatenbank, hosted by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, provid...
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August 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
For this month's Council's Choice, our Honorary Secretary, Karen Limper-Herz, writes about the Einbanddatenbank, a key resource for identifying German bookbindings of the 15th and 16th centuries: bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
For this month’s Council’s Choice, Daryl Green highlights the German-language wiki Buntpapier, assembled and hosted by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as a subset of their larger “ProvenienzWiki”:
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Council’s Choice for July 2025 - Bibliographical Society
Buntpapier: Beschreibung, Terminologie, Abbildungen [Coloured paper: description, terminology, illustrations] https://provenienz.gbv.de/Portal:Buntpapier Decorative papers used in the book trade is an...
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July 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
For this month’s Council’s Choice, Daryl Green highlights the German-language wiki Buntpapier, assembled and hosted by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as a subset of their larger “ProvenienzWiki”:
bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
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Watching Meg Ford's 2020 Presidential Address to the @bibsoc.bsky.social : a strong reminder of the proud traditions of cataloging and bibliography - not two separate activities, but threads in the same rich cloth. #speccolls📜 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQtg...
The Bibliographical Society Presidential Address – Margaret Lane Ford, Bookselling and Bibliography
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June 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Watching Meg Ford's 2020 Presidential Address to the @bibsoc.bsky.social : a strong reminder of the proud traditions of cataloging and bibliography - not two separate activities, but threads in the same rich cloth. #speccolls📜 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQtg...
Our lecture from May is now online:
Nicholas Pickwoad, Entitled: The Choice, Purpose and Placing of Titles on Early-Modern Bookbindings www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMcN...
Nicholas Pickwoad, Entitled: The Choice, Purpose and Placing of Titles on Early-Modern Bookbindings www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMcN...
Bibliographical Soc - Entitled: The Choice, Purpose & Placing of Titles on Early-Modern Bookbindings
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June 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Our lecture from May is now online:
Nicholas Pickwoad, Entitled: The Choice, Purpose and Placing of Titles on Early-Modern Bookbindings www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMcN...
Nicholas Pickwoad, Entitled: The Choice, Purpose and Placing of Titles on Early-Modern Bookbindings www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMcN...
Our lecture from April is now online:
David Shaw, The Stationers and the Poor Law
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David Shaw, The Stationers and the Poor Law
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Bibliographical Society - The Stationers and the Poor Law
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June 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our lecture from April is now online:
David Shaw, The Stationers and the Poor Law
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnd0...
David Shaw, The Stationers and the Poor Law
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Booking closes 9 June for our conference on the intersections of text, materiality & performance, w/ papers exploring objects, clothing & bodies in performance spaces. www.sal.org.uk/event/revels/ @crems-york.bsky.social @bsashakespeare.bsky.social @bibsoc.bsky.social @srsrensoc.bsky.social
Revels Office: New Voices in Early Modern Material Culture, Theatre, and Performance - Society of Antiquaries of London
This June, the Revels Office, an international network of early career academics, will hold its first conference with the Society of Antiquaries of London. The conference showcases early career schola...
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June 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Booking closes 9 June for our conference on the intersections of text, materiality & performance, w/ papers exploring objects, clothing & bodies in performance spaces. www.sal.org.uk/event/revels/ @crems-york.bsky.social @bsashakespeare.bsky.social @bibsoc.bsky.social @srsrensoc.bsky.social
For this month’s Council’s Choice, our President Nicolas Bell salutes the return of ESTC:
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Council’s Choice for June 2025 - Bibliographical Society
The Return of ESTC For many members of the Bibliographical Society, the loss of the ESTC was one of the most keenly felt consequences of the cyber-attack on the British Library in 2023. After a few mo...
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June 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For this month’s Council’s Choice, our President Nicolas Bell salutes the return of ESTC:
bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
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New issue of The Library Vol. 26, No. 1 (2025) academic.oup.com/library/issu... @davidshaw41.bsky.social
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Volume 26 Issue 1 | The Library | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the Bibliographical Society. Publishes research relating to the study of bibliography and the role of the book in history. All aspects of descriptive, analytical, textual and h...
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May 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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We are so excited to invite you to our ✨ upcoming event ✨, which we're hosting with @bibsoc.bsky.social:
📚 Introduction to Special Collections Acquisitions
📅 Wednesday, June 4
🕙 3:30 - 5:15pm
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📚 Introduction to Special Collections Acquisitions
📅 Wednesday, June 4
🕙 3:30 - 5:15pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/introducti...
Introduction to Special Collections Acquisitions
The CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group and The Bibliographical Society have joined together for an event on acquisitions.
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May 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
We are so excited to invite you to our ✨ upcoming event ✨, which we're hosting with @bibsoc.bsky.social:
📚 Introduction to Special Collections Acquisitions
📅 Wednesday, June 4
🕙 3:30 - 5:15pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/introducti...
📚 Introduction to Special Collections Acquisitions
📅 Wednesday, June 4
🕙 3:30 - 5:15pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/introducti...