Which bibliography is concerned with the close analysis of individual copies of books in the light of our knowledge of how books were produced?
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Correct answer: B. Analytical bibliography
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Analytical bibliography (W. W. Greg, Fredson Bowers) studies the physical book — type, paper, printing, binding — to reconstruct how a particular copy was produced and how its text was transmitted. Descriptive bibliography records those features; enumerative bibliography lists works; historical bibliography studies the book trade.
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