1st Edition
The Contemporary Printed Literature of the English Counter-Reformation between 1558 and 1640 Two Volume Set
6082 Pages
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Routledge
In 1956 Allison and Rogers published A Catalogue of Catholic Books in English Printed Abroad Secretly in England, 1558-1640. Known simply as A & R, it is the standard listing of the clandestine vernacular output of English Catholics during that period. Now, after more than thirty years work, Allison and Rogers have produced a substantially updated, comprehensive catalogue published in two... Read more
Biography
A.F. Allison served on the staff of the British Museum Library (now part of the British Library) for nearly thirty years, with special responsibility for early printed books. D.M. Rogers worked for more than thirty years in the Department of Printed Books of the Bodleian Library and finally became Head of Special Collections.
'a remarkable achievement...If there is such a thing as an absolute bibliography, then this is it' TLS on volume I 'a substantive contribution to scholarship and a tribute to the dedication and expertise of its two compilers...Scholars should be indebted to Allison and Rogers for this work and for their lifelong commitments to recusant studies. Their work not only constitutes a valuable asset to all who study in this area, but also serves as a model to a new generation of students.'
