Bibliographical Society
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Founded in 1892, The Bibliographical Society is the senior learned society dealing with the study of the book and its history in the United Kingdom.
The Bibliographical Society of London, UK | |
Formation | 1892 |
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Founded at | London, England, UK |
Type | Learned society |
Legal status | Charity |
Headquarters | University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU |
Fields | History of books and publishing |
Official language | English |
Key people | Walter Arthur Copinger Richard Copley Christie |
Website | http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/about |
Largely owing to the efforts of Walter Arthur Copinger, who was supported by Richard Copley Christie, the Bibliographical Society was founded in London in 1892; Copinger was the Society's first president, and held the post for four years. His own work in the field, however, lacked accuracy.[1]
The Society holds a monthly lecture between October and May, usually on the third Tuesday of the month at the Society of Antiquaries of London, at Burlington House.
The first fifty years of the Bibliographical Society were documented in the book The Bibliographical Society, 1892–1942: Studies in Retrospect.[2] The Book Encompassed, a volume of essays marking the Society's centenary was published in 1992.[3]