title: The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures
author: Library of Congress
description: A lively, superbly well-curated, and handsomely illustrated celebratory volume. An irresistible treasury for book and library lovers. <b><em>Booklist Starred Review</em></b><br /><br />This book about card catalogs, written and published in cooperation with the Library of Congress, is beautifully produced, intelligently written, and lavishly illustrated.<em> The Card Catalog</em> is many things: a lucid overview of the history of bibliographic practices, a paean to the Library of Congress, a memento of the cherished card catalogs of yore, and an illustrated collection of bookish trivia. The illustrations are amazing: luscious reproductions of dozens of cards, lists, covers, title pages, and other images guaranteed to bring a wistful gleam to the book nerds eye. <b><em>The Washington Post</em></b><br /><br />Beautifully designed and executed, this work by the Library of Congress examines several histories: the library; the science of cataloging; and the cards themselves as aesthetic objects. Interspersed throughout are images to delight book loverscovers and title pages of classics from Shakespeares First Folio to<em> The Joy of Cooking,</em> with their accompanying cards. These are wonderful eye candy but also, on close reading, fascinating records of the cataloging process, complete with revisions, corrections, marginalia, and name changes. <b><em>Library Journal Starred Review</em></b>
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