ABHB Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries : Volume 25

This twenty-fifth volume of ABHB (Annual bibliography of the history of the printed book and libraries) contains 4678 records, selected from some 1000 periodicals, the list of which follows this introduction.

They have been compiled by the National Committees of the following countries*: Latvia Arab Countries Australia Luxembourg Belarus Mexico Belgium The Netherlands Canada Poland Croatia Portugal Estonia Rumania Finland Russia South Africa Germany Great Britain Spain Hungary Sweden Iceland Switzerland Ireland Turkey Italy Ukraine Latin America USA Benevolent readers are requested to signal the names of bibliographers and historians from countries not mentioned above, who would be willing to co-operate to this scheme of international bibliographic collaboration.

The editor will greatly appreciate any communication on this matter.

Subject As has been said in the introduction to the previous volumes, this biblio­ graphy aims at recording all books and articles of scholarly value which relate to the history of the printed book, to the history of the arts, crafts, techniques and equipment, and of the economic, social and cultural envi­ ronment, involved in its production, distribution, conservation, and descrip­ tion.