Events
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Winter visit 2026 : The Vatican Library
OnlineOn Tuesday 3 March 2026, at 15.30 GMT, the Bibliographical Society will travel virtually to the Vatican Apostolic Library. Founded in 1450 by Pope Nicholas V to promote Humanistic studies, the Vatican Library is one of the world’s most famous libraries. Often viewed principally as a repository of manuscripts, it [...]
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Training day in digital methods for bibliographical study
On Friday 13 March, an in-person training day in digital methods for bibliographical study has been arranged by the Institute of English Studies and the Bibliographical Society, in association with the John Rylands Research Institute at the University of Manchester who will host the event. The workshop will provide an [...]
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Presidential Address
Society of Antiquaries Burlington House, Piccadilly, LondonNicolas Bell, The revision of the Short-Title Catalogue Society of Antiquaries Burlington House, Piccadilly, London The STC is the largest and most complex enterprise ever undertaken by the Bibliographical Society. The revised edition brought new levels of sophistication and was the fruit of a major transatlantic collaboration, initially between F. [...]
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Graham Pollard Memorial Lecture
Society of Antiquaries Burlington House, Piccadilly, LondonMatthew Payne, Who was Elizabeth Northe? John Lettou and London's first printing press This paper will examine the circumstances surrounding the setting up of London's first press, and the distribution of works produced by it in London in the 1480s. Booking page for online attendance
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Homee and Phiroze Randeria Lecture
Society of Antiquaries Burlington House, Piccadilly, LondonAndrew Honey, Graham Pollard revisited: New observations on the construction of English twelfth-century bindings at the Bodleian Library It is sixty-five years since Graham Pollard published his pioneering article, ‘The construction of English twelfth-century bindings’ in the 1962 issue of The Library. Drawing on observations made in the course of [...]