Bibliographical Society

Bibliographical Society
The Bibliographical Society of London, UK
Formation1892
Founded atLondon,
England, UK
TypeLearned society
Legal statusCharity
HeadquartersUniversity of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
FieldsHistory of books and publishing
Official language
English
Key people
Walter Arthur Copinger
Richard Copley Christie
Websitehttp://www.bibsoc.org.uk/about

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.

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]

  1. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Copinger, Walter Arthur" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ The Bibliographical Society, 1892–1942: Studies in Retrospect (London, 1949).
  3. ^ Peter Davison, ed., The Book Encompassed: Studies in Twentieth-century Bibliography (Cambridge, 1992) ISBN 978-0-521-41878-2.