Essays in Librarianship and BibliographyGarnett, Richard
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Essays in Librarianship and Bibliography
Garnett, Richard
Bibliography -- Methodology; British Museum; Library science
Douglas, Professor R. K., Keeper of Oriental Books and MSS., his
catalogue of the Museum collection of maps, 15;
supervises catalogue of accession titles, 74
Duarte y Quiros, founder of a college at Cordova, La Plata, 134
Dury, John, 175-190, _passim_
Edwards, Edward, 320
Electric Light in British Museum, 253, 254
Ellis, Sir Henry, his Museum catalogue, 85
Ewart, William, M.P., founder of free public libraries in Great
Britain and Ireland, 36
Fire, protection of libraries against, 258-261
Fortescue, G. W., Keeper of Printed Books, his subject indexes to
British Museum catalogue, 10
Foscolo, Ugo, 289
Gallus, Udalricus, early Italian printer, 203
Garcia da Horta, author of the second book printed by Europeans in
India, 118
Grand, G. F., author of the first book printed in South Africa, 125
Grenville, Right Hon. Thomas, 292, 294
Heidelberg Library, pillaged and partly restored, 187, 188
Hervey, Lord, and Conyers Middleton, 191-193
Horne, Rev. T. H., his project for a classed catalogue, 89
Howe, William, bushranger, book relating to him the first printed in
Australasia, 125
Jenner, Henry, assistant in the Library of the British Museum, his
share in the introduction of the sliding-press, 267;
rewarded by the Treasury, 268
Johnstone, Mr., procures Mr. Winter Jones an appointment in the
British Museum, 313
Jones, Giles, author of "Goody Two Shoes," 305
Jones, John Winter, Principal Librarian of British Museum, memoir of,
304-324
Labbe, Father, his travels in La Plata, 130
Leão, Gaspar de, Archbishop of Goa, author of the first book printed
by Europeans in India, 117, 118
Lignamine, Joannes Philippus de, early Italian printer, 153
Macedo, Antonio, his _Theses rhetoricæ_, 123
Mayhew, Henry M., assistant in library of the British Museum, his
invention of the pivot-press, 272
Mazarin, Cardinal, formation of his first library, 166
Medina, Señor Jose T., on first European printing in China, 120;
on South American bibliography, 128-140, _passim_
Middleton, Conyers, delay in publication of his "Life of Cicero," 190-195
Murray, Dr., his great English Dictionary, 20
Naudé, Gabriel, collects books for Cardinal Mazarin, 166-168
Newton, Sir Charles, K.C.B., favours printing Museum catalogue, 94
Nicholson, E. W. B., Bodley's Librarian, founder of the Library
Association of the United Kingdom, 3, 37
Nicius, Erythræus, 162-173, _passim_
Oddi, Muzio, his ingenuity, 171
Panizzi, Sir Anthony, K.C.B., Principal Librarian of the British
Museum, his services to the British Museum, 35, 36;
undertakes printing of Museum catalogue, 69, 90-92;
memoir of 288-303
Paper, fine, manufacture of, in England, 191-196
Peranda, Cardinal, 171
Photography, advantages of its introduction as an official department
of the British Museum, 16, 17, 85, 86, 234-252
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