That's what I thought. Can anyone indicate, in a few short sentences,
what his contribution was?
Dave
PS I did enjoy reading McKerrow, though not enough to study him
sufficiently carefully to become anywhere near expert on what he
wrote about; prefer reading what's been written about writing biography.
At 11:08 AM 1/29/2006, you wrote:
>I've gotten only as far as *trying*
to read Bowers. How important/influential was/is he in the field of
bibliography?
You might as well ask how important God was in the writing of the Bible.