by chrisa | Oct 26, 2016 | CFPS
The Book Index Centre for the Study of the Book Bodleian Library, Oxford 22-23 June, 2017 Keynotes: Professor Ann Blair (Harvard); Professor Emily Steiner (UPenn) ‘I for my part venerate the inventor of Indexes, […] that unknown labourer in literature who first laid...
by chrisa | Dec 11, 2013 | History of the Book, MA Programme
My name is Benjamin Maggs, and I am not a bookseller. Imagine this spoken in the hushed tones of an introduction at a self help group, or an embarrassing secret whispered by an elderly relative. I feel guilty and ungrateful; but let me explain. I come from a family of...