descriptive bibliography

American  

noun

Library Science.

1. the aspect of bibliography concerned with the close physical study and description of books and other works.

2. a record of such description of a given number of related works.

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Example Sentences

If descriptive bibliography is like doing anatomy, the Hinman is a CAT scan machine.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2012

Integrated school books; a descriptive bibliography of 399 pre-school and elementary school texts and story books.

From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Porter, Dorothy B.

Race and region, a descriptive bibliography compiled with special reference to the relations between whites and Negroes in the United States.

From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Porter, Dorothy B.

A century of fiction by American Negroes, 1853-1952; a descriptive bibliography.

From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Porter, Dorothy B.