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Information Science > Information Services > Bibliographies as Topic > Bibliography, Descriptive
Information Science > Communications Media > Publications > Bibliographies as Topic > Bibliography, Descriptive

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Bibliography, Descriptive  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The area of bibliography which makes known precisely the material conditions of books, i.e., the full name of the author, the exact title of the work, the date and place of publication, the publisher's and printer's names, the format, the pagination, typographical particulars, illustrations, and the price, and for old books, other characteristics such as the kind of paper, binding, etc. It is also called analytical bibliography and physical bibliography. (Harrod's Librarians' Glossary, 7th ed)

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  • Bibliographies, Descriptive
  • Descriptive Bibliographies
  • Descriptive Bibliography

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