Preferred Label : bibliography, descriptive;
MeSH definition : The area of bibliography which makes known precisely the material conditions of books,
i.e., the full name of the author, the exact title of the work, the date and place
of publication, the publisher's and printer's names, the format, the pagination, typographical
particulars, illustrations, and the price, and for old books, other characteristics
such as the kind of paper, binding, etc. It is also called analytical bibliography
and physical bibliography. (Harrod's Librarians' Glossary, 7th ed);
MeSH synonym : bibliographies, descriptive; descriptive bibliographies; descriptive bibliography;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Bibliology;
MeSH annotation : INDEXER: Do not use;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliology;
Origin ID : D001636;
UMLS CUI : C0005361;
Record concept(s)
- Semantic type(s)
The area of bibliography which makes known precisely the material conditions of books,
i.e., the full name of the author, the exact title of the work, the date and place
of publication, the publisher's and printer's names, the format, the pagination, typographical
particulars, illustrations, and the price, and for old books, other characteristics
such as the kind of paper, binding, etc. It is also called analytical bibliography
and physical bibliography. (Harrod's Librarians' Glossary, 7th ed)
