Foot, Mirjam M(ichaela)

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FOOT, Mirjam M(ichaela)

FOOT, Mirjam M(ichaela). British (born Netherlands), b. 1941. Genres: Art/Art history, Bibliography. Career: British Library, London, England, curator of rare books, 1965-85, head of acquisitions and Western European collections, 1985-90, and director of collections and preservation, 1990-99; University College London, professor of library and archive studies, 2000-. Publications: The Henry Davis Gift: Studies in the History of Bookbinding, Vol. 1, 1978, Vol. 2, 1983; Pictorial Bookbindings, 1986; (with H. Nixon) The History of Decorative Bookbinding in England, 1992; Studies in the History of Bookbinding, 1993; The History of Bookbinding as a Mirror of Society, 1998. Contributor to professional journals. Address: Martins Cottage, Bell Lane, Nuthampstead, Herts. SG8 8ND, England. Online address: m.foot@ucl.ac.uk

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