BALSAMO (Luigi). Bibliography: History of a Tradition. Translated from the Italian by William A. Pettas.1990

Bernard M. Rosenthal, Berkeley. Large 8vo, iii,209pp., orig. printed wrappers. Explains the circumstances and objectives behind the evolution of bibliographies. Includes chapters on books and book distribution in the Middle Ages, the introduction of printing, seventeenth century libraries, and the bibliography of librarians and historians in the nineteenth century.