Kenney (Edward John), born 1924
The Classical text : aspects of editing in the age of the printed book (Sather classical lectures; 44)
Berkeley & London, University of California Press, 1974
(24 cm), xi, 174 pp. Publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jacket. - A history of the editing and criticism of classical (mostly Latin) texts from 1465 until the present day, with accounts of editorial practice across the same period. In the fourth chapter, the author surveys libraries, library catalogues, and the accessibility of manuscripts between the 16th and 18th centuries. ¶ Very good copy.