BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
OFFICERS
President, LINTON R. MASSEY, "Kinloch", Keswick, Virginia
Vice-President, ARTHUR F. STOCKER, Box 1441, University Station, Charlottesville, Virginia
Editor, FREDSON BOWERS, c/o U. S. Educational Commission for the United Kingdom, 55 Upper Brook Street, London, W. I. England
Secretary-Treasurer, JOHN COOK WYLLIE, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville,
Virginia
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer for the British Isles, MRS. DOUGLAS WYLLIE, Templeton Library, 51 John Street, Helensburgh, Scotland
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer for Chile, DR. RICARDO DONOSO, Presidente, Sociedad de Bibliófilos Chilenos, Archivo Nacional, Santiago, Chile
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer for France, MR. HENRI A. TALON, Faculté des Lettres, 36 rue Chabot-Charny, Dijon (Côte d'Or), France
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer for India, DR. S. R. RANGANATHAN, Delhi University Library, University Buildings, Delhi 8, India
COUNCIL
(Officers and ex-presidents are ex-officio members.)
Chalmers L. Gemmill |
Mrs. Randolph Catlin |
Atcheson L. Hench |
Jack Dalton |
Mrs. Vincent Shea |
Joseph M. Carrière |
The Papers, under the title of Studies in Bibliography, are issued annually by the Society
in addition to various bibliographical pamphlets in mimeographed or offset form, and a news
sheet. This present volume may be purchased by non-members for $6 a copy; Vol. 4 for $6 a copy; and Vols. I-3 for $5 a copy.
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The Society expresses its gratitude to the English Institute for permission to print the first
two papers in this volume which were read before the 1951 meetings of the Institute.
The publication of this volume of Studies in Bibliography, the Papers of the Society, has
been materially aided by an anonymous grant, and by grants from the Research Committee of the
University of Virginia, and the Research Council of the Richmond Area University Center.