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Foxon, David F. – 1970
The first part of this paper traces the historical origins of two current practices of bibliographical description. There is a general lack of historical knowledge of the origins of modern practice as well as an absence of rational justification which is exemplified by today's use of quasi-facsimile transcription to represent title pages. The…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Catalogs, Citations (References), History
