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In the first dictionary of its kind a leading expert on English manuscripts defines some 1,500 terms, including types of manuscript, their physical features, writing implements, writing surfaces, scribes, scripts, postal markings, and seals, as well as those relating to literature, bibliography, editing, dating, conservation, cartography, commerce, heraldry, law, and military and naval matters. - ;This is the first Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology ever to be published. Dealing with the subject of documentation - which affects everyone's lives (from every-day letters, notes, and sho

Manuscripts, English --- Nonbook materials --- Non-book materials --- Library materials --- English manuscripts --- Terminology --- Codicology --- Manoscritti --- Manuscripts

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Book acquisition --- Museology --- 026 <4> --- 026 <73> --- Speciale bibliotheken--Europa --- Speciale bibliotheken--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Libraries --- Library resources --- Bibliothek --- Spezialsammlung --- Special collections --- 026 <73> Speciale bibliotheken--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- 026 <4> Speciale bibliotheken--Europa --- Information resources --- Library materials --- Documentation --- Public institutions --- Librarians

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Books --- Writing --- Cultural property --- History --- Societies, etc. --- history of writing --- history of books --- information science --- library science --- museum studies --- Cultural heritage --- Cultural patrimony --- Cultural resources --- Heritage property --- National heritage --- National patrimony --- National treasure --- Patrimony, Cultural --- Treasure, National --- Chirography --- Handwriting --- Property --- World Heritage areas --- Language and languages --- Ciphers --- Penmanship --- Books. --- Writing. --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- Book Studies & Arts

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Silverman analyses subjects as diverse as the relationship between book collecting and aesthetic and cultural currents such as symbolism, the gendered nature of book collecting, the increse collaboration between authors and illustrators, and the marketing of fine books at international exhibits. The high priest of fin-de-siècle bibliophilia was Octave Uzanne (1851-1931), author, journalist, bibliographer, and publisher. He called for change in all matters concerning the luxury book, especially in illustration, binding, and typography. He became the herald of the new bibliophilia, which privileged close collaboration between artists, authors, publishers, and collectors.

Publishers. Printers --- anno 1910-1919 --- anno 1900-1909 --- anno 1800-1899 --- France --- 090.1 <44> --- 82:7 "1890/1910" --- Bibliofilie--Frankrijk --- Literatuur en kunst--?"1890/1910" --- 82:7 "1890/1910" Literatuur en kunst--?"1890/1910" --- 090.1 <44> Bibliofilie--Frankrijk --- Bibliomania --- Book collecting --- Book collectors --- Books --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- Book owners --- Book selection --- Collectors and collecting --- Private libraries --- Bibliophily --- Antiquarian booksellers --- History --- Bibliophiles --- Livres --- Bibliophilie --- Bibliomanie --- Biographies --- Histoire --- 19e siècle --- 20e siècle

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This study draws together the disparate fields of postcolonial theory and book history. Fraser illustrates his combined approach with comparative case studies of print, script and speech cultures in South Asia and Africa.

Book industries and trade --- Books --- Oral tradition --- Printing --- Transmission of texts --- Written communication --- 09 <08> --- Written discourse --- Written language --- Communication --- Discourse analysis --- Language and languages --- Visual communication --- Literary transmission --- Manuscript transmission --- Textual transmission --- Criticism, Textual --- Editions --- Manuscripts --- Book trade --- Cultural industries --- Manufacturing industries --- Printing, Practical --- Typography --- Graphic arts --- Tradition, Oral --- Oral communication --- Folklore --- Oral history --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- 09 <08> Handschriften. Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Curiosa--Verzamelwerken. Reeksen--Boekwetenschap. Sociale aspecten van het boek. Boek en media. Toekomst van het boek --- Handschriften. Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Curiosa--Verzamelwerken. Reeksen--Boekwetenschap. Sociale aspecten van het boek. Boek en media. Toekomst van het boek --- History --- Book history --- Colonisation. Decolonisation