Fascinating Article about the Keeper of Printed Books and Principal Librarian at British Museum [Bill Bell, Crusoe’s Books]

Fascinating article by Bill Bell, Professor of Bibliography at Cardiff University and Senior Fellow of the Collegium for Advanced Studies in Helsinki, on his blog Crusoe’s Books!:

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  1. Michael Gorman August 2, 2025 / 7:41 pm

    Panizzis’ “91 Rules” were not a classification scheme (rigorous or otherwise) but rules for descriptive cataloguing and name, format, title, and, rarely, subject headings. They were still in force, with modifications, in BM’s Department of Printed Books, until the Department was included in the British Library in 1973.

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