bibliographical
Pertaining to sources
Bibliographical relates to the details that identify a written work—author, title, publisher, date, edition.
A bibliographical citation lists these elements for reference.
Bibliographical research involves tracking down publication histories and variant editions.
The word appears mostly in academic and library contexts: The paper included extensive bibliographical notes.
Acknowledged source mentions
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
- referencesSources cited for verification
- annotatedSupplied with explanatory notes
- descriptivePortraying with specific details
systematic · index · concordance · apparatus · attribution · authorship · chronology · collation
Systematic organization into records
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- recordsStored data or albums
- repositoriesPlaces for storing things
collections · classification · preservation · conservation · paleography · ephemera · archivist · curating
Mark from applied pressure
- editionSingle published version
- colophonBook's production statement
- ISBNStandard publication number
- paginationSequential numbering of sheets
folio · hardcover · paperback · typography · typesetting · letterpress · binding · octavo
citations
Acknowledged source mentions
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
- referencesSources cited for verification
- annotatedSupplied with explanatory notes
descriptive · systematic · index · concordance · apparatus · attribution · authorship · chronology · collation · emendation
cataloging
Systematic organization into records
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- recordsStored data or albums
repositories · collections · classification · preservation · conservation · paleography · ephemera · archivist · curating · depositories
imprint
Mark from applied pressure
pagination · folio · hardcover · paperback · typography · typesetting · letterpress · binding · octavo · quarto
bibliographicalnarrative
Account of events
substantive · thematic · analytical · interpretive · critical
bibliographicalcreative
Producing original ideas
fictional · literary · poetic · rhetorical · imaginative
bibliographicaloral
Of the mouth
anecdotal · firsthand · experiential · unwritten · undocumented