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A CRITICAL EDITION OF THE PRIVATE DIARIES OF ROBERT PROCTOR: The Life of a Librarian at the British Museum; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Note on the Text; The Commentary; Abbreviations Used in the Commentary; Volume 1: 1 January 1899-3, March 1900; Volume 2: 4 March 1900 -- 16, July 1901; Fig. 1: Oxshott in 1896; Fig. 2: The first page of the diary; Fig. 3: Diary for 4 -- 7 Dec. 1900, showing change of handwriting; Fig. 4: Alfred W. Pollard; Fig. 5: Francis Jenkinson; Fig. 6: Emery Walker; Fig. 7: The RG Monogram. |
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Fig. 8: Front page of the Decree, showing Otter DeviceVolume 4: 29 August 1902 -- 28, August 1903; ISTC Index to Incunabula; General Index. |
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Robert Proctor will always be remembered among bibliographers for two things: for his rearrangeƠment of the incunabula in the British Museum in what has become known as?Proctor order?, based on the way in which printing spread in its early days; and for the mystery which continues to surround his death. Born in 1868, he was appointed to the British Museum in 1891, and in 1898 he published his Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. In 1899 he started to keep a private diary, and this lasted until his death in 1903. One of the volumes is missing, but the remaining three are edi. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Proctor, Robert, 1868-1903 -- Diaries.
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Proctor, Robert, 1868-1903. |
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Diaries.
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British Museum -- Officials and employees -- Diaries.
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British Museum. |
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Bibliographers -- England -- Diaries.
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Bibliographers. |
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England. |
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Librarians -- England -- Diaries.
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Librarians. |
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Incunabula -- Bibliography -- Methodology.
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Incunabula -- Bibliography -- Methodology. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Diaries.
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Print version: Bowman, J.H. A Critical Edition of the Private Diaries of Robert Proctor : The Life of a Librarian at the British Museum. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2010 9780773436343 |
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9780773429949 |
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0773429948 |
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9780773436343 |
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0773436340 |
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