13317
Accession Number
13124
Title Of Article Chaper
Conserving bibliographic evidence: the dialectics of decision-making
Title Of Journal Book
Preprints of papers presented at the twelfth annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. Los Angeles, California 15-20 May 1984
Pages
70-78
Publisher
American Institute for Conservation
Publisher City
Washington
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. 12.
Meeting City
Los Angeles
Abstract
The first folio edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary of the English language provides an opportunity for insight into publishing and printing practices of 18th c. London and also an appreciation of historical evidence in doing bibliographical research and the role of the conservator in facilitating such research.
Keywords
Archive, document conservation; book, history; book, conservation; bibliography, archive document conservation; ICCROM -- CAL
pub_id
13317
Meeting Date
19840515-19840520