Professor Andrew Pettegree, University of St Andrews
‘Absent friends: bibliography and the problem of lost books. Notes from the Universal Short Title Catalogue’
The Universal Short Title Catalogue (http://www.ustc.ac.uk) began as a survey of French religious books but has grown into a collective database of all books published in Europe between the invention of printing and the end of the sixteenth century. It is therefore an essential research resource for scholars in many disciplines. The Director of the project, Andrew Pettegree, is Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews. He has written several major studies of the Reformation and 16th-century print culture and is the author, most recently of The Book in the Renaissance.
22 November, 5pm, Merton College, Mure Room
Followed by refreshments
All welcome!