A History of Bibliographies of BibliographiesTaylor, Archer
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A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies
Taylor, Archer
Bibliography of bibliographies -- History
[212] See his important article, "Petzholdt redivivus.
Zur Theorie und Praxis eines allgemeinen internationalen
Bibliographienverzeichnisses," _Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen_,
LXIV (1950), 413-438.
Bibliography
I indicate the libraries where the rare books cited below may be
found by the following abbreviations: CU (University of California,
Berkeley); DLC (Library of Congress); ICN (The Newberry Library,
Chicago); MH (Harvard University Library); NN (New York Public
Library). Books for which no locations are given will be found in
most large libraries. I have not tried to record all the copies owned
in the United States.
Besterman, Theodore. _A World Bibliography of Bibliographies._
London, 1939-1940. Pp. xxiv, 588; [iv], 644. 2d ed.; London,
1947-1949. Pp. xxviii, cols. 1450; [i], cols. 1451-3196; [i], cols.
3197-4111. 3d ed.; Geneva, 1955-. The author index in the third
volume of the second edition is printed in three columns. The second
edition is cited as Besterman.
Reviewed: Vilhelm Grundtvig, "En Verdensbibliografi over
Bibliografier," _Nordisk tidskrift för bokväsen_, XXVII (1940),
58-65; Marc Jaryc, _Papers of the Bibliographical Society of
America_, XXXVI (1942), 321-324.
Beughem, Cornelius a. _Bibliotheca bibliothecarum._ Never published.
_Bibliographia bibliographica_, I (1898)-VII (1904). Bibliographia
universalis, Contribution No. 31. Brussels: Institut Internationale
de Bibliographie, 1900-1906.
For a collation see Besterman, I, cols. 324-325 (only vols.
I-VI). The first five volumes were issued with a new titlepage
as _Bibliotheca bibliographica universalis ... 1898-1902_
(Brussels, 1904. DLC).
_Bibliographic Index. A Cumulative Bibliography of Bibliographies.
1937-1942._ New York, 1945. Pp. [xxxiii], 1780. Printed in two
columns.
_----. ---- 1943-1946._ New York, 1948. Pp. [xx], 831. Printed in two
columns.
_The Bibliographic Index_ appears in quarterly issues, which
are cumulated in annual volumes. The first annual volume was
that for 1937 and was issued in 1938. The annual volumes are
cumulated in volumes of irregular extant. For a collation see
Besterman, I, cols. 328-329.
Reviewed: H. B. Van Hoesen, _The Library Quarterly_, X (1940),
272-274.
_Bibliographie des Bibliotheks- und Buchwesens._ "Beihefte zum
Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen," XXIX and subsequent issues (not
continuously numbered). Bearbeitet von Albert Hortzschansky. Leipzig,
1905-1925.
There were no annual issues for 1913-1921. It was continued
by the _Internationale Bibliographie des Buch- und
Bibliothekswesens_ (which see). For a collation see Besterman,
I, cols. 325-326.
Bohatta, Hanns, Walter Funke, and Franz Hodes. _Internationale
Bibliographie der Bibliographien._ Frankfurt a.M., 1939-1950. Pp. 652.
Reviewed: Theodore Besterman, _The Library_, 4th Ser., XXII
(1943), 49-52.
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