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The Oxford Bibliographical Society was founded in 1922 to encourage bibliographical research. Membership of the Society is available, on application, to all those interested in manuscripts, printed books and the arts and trades connected with them. Members may attend all the meetings, visits as appropriate, and receive the publications for the years of their membership free.

If you are interested in joining the Society, please see the How to Join page.

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Party to mark the launch of Claire Bolton's The fifteenth century printing practices of Johann Zainer, Ulm, 1473–1478

The Oxford Bibliographical Society invites you to attend a drinks party to mark the publication of

The fifteenth century printing practices of Johann Zainer, Ulm, 1473–1478 by Claire Bolton

Please join us in the McKenna Room at Christ Church, Oxford, on Monday 19 September, from 5:00 p.m.

(the McKenna Room is adjacent to the Dining Hall at Christ Church, the door being on the Hall stairs in the south-west corner of the quadrangle; if you need directions please ask the gate-keeper on arrival at the college)

Claire Bolton's The fifteenth century printing practices of Johann Zainer, Ulm, 1473–1478

The latest monograph from the OBS, Claire Bolton's The fifteenth century printing practices of Johann Zainer, Ulm, 1473–1478, is now available.

The Examined Statement of Accounts for 2015 is now available

To view the statement of accounts, please click here.