The Marks in the fields
Subtitle: essays on the uses of manuscripts
By: edited by Rodney G. Dennis with Elizabeth Falsey.
Contributors: Dennis, Rodney G.; Falsey, Elizabeth A.; Houghton Library.
Publisher: Houghton Library; Distributed by the Harvard University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Houghton Library -- Exhibitions.; Manuscripts -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- History -- Exhibitions.; Transmission of texts -- Exhibitions.; Criticism, Textual -- Exhibitions.
Description: This is a collection of brief essays from a group of international scholars, illustrating the evidentiary usefulness of manuscripts as well as their complexities. Early and recent manuscripts from the collections of the Houghton Library illuminate the subject.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Catalogue to accompany the exhibition in honor of the Houghton Library's 50th birthday.