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Reviews HENDRIK D. L. VERVLIET, ed. ABHB: annual bibliography of the history of the printed book and libraries. Vol. 19: Publications of 1988. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1990. xii, 441pp. £101.00. ISBN 0-7923-0749-6; ISSN 0303-5964. HORST MEYER, ed. Bibliographie der Buch- und Bibliotheksgeschichte (BBB). Vol. 6: 1986. Bad Iburg: Bibliographischer Verlag Dr. Horst Meyer, 1988. 604pp. DM 92.00. ISBN 3-923526-06-7; ISSN 0723-3590. These two bibliographies have been reviewed before in Library History, when they began publication. Both are now, it seems, well established and the time may be ripe for reconsideration of their relative value for the library historian. In both, it must be said, libraries form a minority topic, with far more entries being devoted to 'book history' of other kinds; here, only the 'library history' aspect will be considered. The relationship between the bibliography of the twin subjects library history and book history has been discussed in unpublished IFLA papers by Peter Hoare (Chicago 1985) and Hendrik Vervliet (Brighton 1987). As library historians we cannot treat libraries in vacuo, as institutions not related to the development of the materials that have (until recently) been our particular stock-in-trade; but equally we cannot ignore the social, cultural, or educational context of libraries http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Library History Edinburgh University Press

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Library History , Volume 8 (6): 13 – Jan 1, 1990
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HENDRIK D. L. VERVLIET, ed. ABHB: annual bibliography of the history of the printed book and libraries. Vol. 19: Publications of 1988. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1990. xii, 441pp. £101.00. ISBN 0-7923-0749-6; ISSN 0303-5964. HORST MEYER, ed. Bibliographie der Buch- und Bibliotheksgeschichte (BBB). Vol. 6: 1986. Bad Iburg: Bibliographischer Verlag Dr. Horst Meyer, 1988. 604pp. DM 92.00. ISBN 3-923526-06-7; ISSN 0723-3590. These two bibliographies have been reviewed before in Library History, when they began publication. Both are now, it seems, well established and the time may be ripe for reconsideration of their relative value for the library historian. In both, it must be said, libraries form a minority topic, with far more entries being devoted to 'book history' of other kinds; here, only the 'library history' aspect will be considered. The relationship between the bibliography of the twin subjects library history and book history has been discussed in unpublished IFLA papers by Peter Hoare (Chicago 1985) and Hendrik Vervliet (Brighton 1987). As library historians we cannot treat libraries in vacuo, as institutions not related to the development of the materials that have (until recently) been our particular stock-in-trade; but equally we cannot ignore the social, cultural, or educational context of libraries

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