The Book-worm

Subtitle: “An Illustrated Literary and Bibliographical Review”

Alternate Subtitle(s)

  • “A Literary and Bibliographical Review” (COPAC)

Start Date(s)

  • 1866 (journal itself)

End Date(s)

  • 1870 (journal itself)

Editor(s)

Printer/Publisher(s)

City

  • London, England (journal itself)

Type of Content

  • Contains "information relating to early printers and printers' marks" (Bigmore and Wyman vol. 2, p. 162)

Notes

  • "Ended at the fifth volume in 1870 because of war (and the related destruction of the library at Strasbourg, with all its typographical, literary, and artistic treasures). The title is also used for a US journal and a later British journal" (Bigmore and Wyman vol. 2, p. 162; "Bibliography of Printing" vol. 7, p. 35)
  • "A scholarly digest of bibliographical information. Significant notes on early printing and illustration" (Ulrich and Kup p. 147, 159)
  • Title was spelled with a hyphen (Book-Worm) from 1866-68 (Ulrich and Kup p. 147, 159)
  • Publisher's address (Rascol): 4 Brydges St., Covent Garden (journal itself)

Subject Categories

Issues

Sources that Discuss this Journal

  • “The Bibliography” vol. 7, p. 35
  • Bigmore and Wyman vol. 2, p. 162
  • COPAC
  • Ulrich and Kup pp. 147, 159

Works Cited

  • “The Bibliography of Printing.” The Printing Times and Lithographer, vol. 7, nos. 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, Jan.-June 1881. HathiTrust.
  • Bigmore, E. C., and C. W. H. Wyman. A Bibliography of Printing. 1880. Oak Knoll P and the British Library, 2001.
  • COPAC: Consortium of Online Public Access Catalogues. Library Hub Discover, JISC.
  • Ulrich, Carolyn F., and Karl Kup. Books and Printing: A Selected List of Periodicals, 1800-1942. W. E. Rudge, 1943.
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