...Brevique Adnotatione Critica...: a preliminary history of the Oxford classical texts

Whitaker, G. (2007) ...Brevique Adnotatione Critica...: a preliminary history of the Oxford classical texts. In: Classical Books: Scholarship and Publishing in Britain since 1800. Series: Bulletin (University of London. Institute Of Classical Studies) Supplement, 101. Institute of Classical Studies.

Abstract

On 3 July 1896, at one of the less regular meetings of the Delegates of Oxford University Press (OUP) held during the Long Vacation, approval was given to publication of the Oxford Classical Texts (OCT) series. This approval was the outcome of discussions and proposals over more than ten years; indeed, it would be possible to take any one of several dates as marking the start of the series. While these earlier discussions need to be reviewed in order to explain why the series developed as it did when it did, this is also a preliminary attempt to look generally at the early history of the Texts, and its focus is the period to 1939, although some later developments in the series will also be mentioned.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Whitaker, Mr Graham
• Authors: Whitaker, G.
• Subjects: Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography; P Language and Literature > PA Classical philology
• College/School: University Services > Library and Collection Services > Library; College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Classics
• Publisher: Institute of Classical Studies
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2007 Institute of Classical Studies
• First Published: London