The following back issues of Biblionews, listed here in reverse chronological order, are still available, partly as a result of the late Eric Russel’s set being passed on to the Editor. In some cases there are multiple copies, in others only one. They are given below with month(s) and year followed by the issue number(s) … Continue reading Back issues of Biblionews still available
Category: 2007-06
2007-06
Leporello again Michael Aitken in his article “The Leporello and Lorne: A personal story” in the December 2006 (352nd) issue wondered whether Mozart’s character was named after the fold-out publication or vice versa, and Brian Taylor in his item in the March 2007 (353rd) issue cited a source that said that the publication was named … Continue reading Notes & Queries: Leporello again
During the period that Jeff Bidgood was Secretary/Treasurer of the Society and assisting with the computer preparation of Biblionews, he religiously listed all the many booksellers’ catalogues he received along with all the contact details etc. and published these lists at the end of each issue of our journal. This was an awful lot of work, and when Jeff gave up all his functions for the Society, it was decided not to publish such listings anymore. And anyway, the Editor now receives regularly only three catalogues sent directly to him. Since some readers may wish to contact these booksellers and perhaps request their catalogues for themselves, it has been decided to pass on information about them just this once.
Fredericka van der Lubbe’s Martin Aedler:You read about him first in Biblionews Readers may recall a pair of articles in the March 1996 and the September 1996 issues of Biblionews by Fredericka van der Lubbe on “The High Dutch Minerva of 1680 and its author”. In the first of these she refuted the opinion put … Continue reading Notes & Queries: Fredericka van der Lubbe’s Martin Aedler