Richard Garnett

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ADDRESS TO THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION [1:1]

PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THEIR CATALOGUES [32:1]

THE PRINTING OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM CATALOGUE [67:1]

THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM CATALOGUE [87:1]

THE BRITISH MUSEUM CATALOGUE AS THE BASIS OF A UNIVERSAL CATALOGUE [109:1]

INTRODUCTION OF EUROPEAN PRINTING INTO THE EAST [115:1]

PARAGUAYAN AND ARGENTINE BIBLIOGRAPHY [127:1]

THE EARLY ITALIAN BOOK TRADE

SOME BOOK-HUNTERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY [161:1]

LIBRARIANSHIP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY [174:1]

THE MANUFACTURE OF FINE PAPER IN ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

ON SOME COLOPHONS OF THE EARLY PRINTERS [197:1]

ON THE SYSTEM OF CLASSIFYING BOOKS ON THE SHELVES FOLLOWED AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM [210:1]

SUBJECT-INDEXES TO TRANSACTIONS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES [225:1]

PHOTOGRAPHY IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES [234:1]

THE TELEGRAPH IN THE LIBRARY

ON THE PROTECTION OF LIBRARIES FROM FIRE

THE SLIDING-PRESS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM [262:1]

ON THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL SPACE IN LIBRARIES [272:1]

PREFACE TO BLADES' "ENEMIES OF BOOKS" [283:1]

SIR ANTHONY PANIZZI, K.C.B. [288:1]

THE LATE JOHN WINTER JONES, V.P.S.A., Principal Librarian of

THE LATE HENRY STEVENS, F.S.A. [325:1]

THE LATE SIR EDWARD A. BOND, K.C.B. [335:1]

INDEX

The Library Series

EDITED BY
Dr. RICHARD GARNETT

V
ESSAYS IN LIBRARIANSHIP
AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Library Series

Edited, with Introductions, by Dr. RICHARD GARNETT, late Keeper of Printed Books in the British Museum.

BY

RICHARD GARNETT, C.B., LL.D.
LATE KEEPER OF PRINTED BOOKS, BRITISH MUSEUM

NEW YORK: FRANCIS P. HARPER
LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN
1899