The fifty-third volume of Studies continues its tradition of
presenting a wide range of articles by international scholars on
bibliography, textual criticism, and other aspects of the study of
books.
The volume opens with unpublished lectures by one of the
twentieth century's most distinguished bibliographers, R. B.
McKerrow, followed by another of G. Thomas Tanselle's foundational
essays on the description of books, this one on the bibliographical
concept of format. Other articles trace the invention of the Hinman
Collator, explore the nature of bibliographical reasoning,
including the use of statistics, propose attributions to Samuel
Richardson, and investigate puzzles in particular works from the
Middle Ages through the nineteenth century.
The articles and their authors are:
"The Relationship of English Printed Books to Authors'
Manuscripts during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (The
1928 Sandars Lectures)," R. B. McKerrow, edited by Carlo M.
Bajetta, Catholic University of Milan and University of Genoa; "The
Concept of Format," G. Thomas Tanselle, Guggenheim Foundation; "The
Calculus of Calculus: W. W. Greg and the Mathematics of Everyman
Editions," Joseph A. Dane, University of Southern California, and
Rosemary A. Roberts, Bowdoin College; "'The Eternal Verities
Verified' Charlton Hinman and the Roots of Mechanical Collation,"
Steven Escar Smith, Texas A&M University; "The Application of
Thought to Textual Criticism in All Modes--with Apologies to A. E.
Housman," Ralph Hanna, Keble College, Oxford; "Evidence for the
Stemma of the "Piers Plowman" B Manuscripts," Robert Adams, Sam
Houston State University; "Samuel Richardson's 'Elegant
Disquisitions' Anonymous Writing in the "True Briton" and Other
Journals?" John A. Dussinger, University of Illinois; "Fielding,
Richardson, and William Strahan: A Bibliographical Puzzle," Keith
Maslen, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; "Interrelating
the Cancellantia and Partial Gatherings in the First Edition of
Edward Young's "The Centaur Not Fabulous,"" James E. May,
Pennsylvania State University, DuBois; "Byron, Medwin, and the
False Fiend: Remembering 'Remember Thee, '" Andrew M. Stauffer,
Boston University.
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