SMC228H1 Lecture Notes - Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Textual Criticism, Robert Darnton
19 Nov 2012
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Catherine: this thursday 2-4 pm, thomas fisher rare book library. Catherine: this thursday 5-7 pm, thomas fisher rare book library. Endpapers - associated with binding, not text itself. Not part of collation statement --> describe in binding description. Book starts with title page! (don"t count the paper at the beginning or end) Endpapers -- often scrap paper that"s been re-used. Some books may have been bound together (i. e. someone bound a couple of his favorite books) Digital editing has really grown and messed up traditional methods of editing and publishing. In our contemporary historical moment, the availability of texts is unprecedented. Project gutenberg, e-books of texts that are no longer in copyright, google books, print on demand books (on amazon, if you want a rare/hard-to- nd book, you can get someone to print it for you cheaply) Quantity and access of not necessarily mean quality: pros and cons for buying an edited edition or a free one online.
