Curt Ferdinand Bühler (11 July 1905 – 2 August 1985) was an American librarian and expert of early books who published mainly on the art and history of books printed during the fifteenth century. He took degrees from Yale University (B.A., 1927) and Trinity College, Dublin (Ph.D., 1930). After post-doctoral studies in the University of Munich (1931-1933), he worked as a rare book curator at the Pierpont Morgan Library from 1934, was appointed Keeper of Printed Books in 1948,[1] and remained with the Morgan Library until his formal retirement in 1973. His own collection of manuscripts and early printed books was bequeathed to the same library.
In July 1971, Bühler married Lucy Jane Ford Schoettle.[6]
Bibliography
1947: The Bible, Manuscripts and Printed Bibles from the Fourth to the Nineteenth Century, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
1948: “The First Aldine.” The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 42, no. 4 : 269–80.
1949: Standards of Bibliographical Description, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia
1957. “Literary Research and Bibliographical Training.” The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 51, no. 4: 303–11.
1960: The Fifteenth-Century Book: the scribes, the printers, the decorators, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia
1960: William Caxton and His Critics: A Critical Reappraisal of Caxton's Contributions to the Enrichment of the English Language, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, N.Y.
1973: Early Books and Manuscripts: forty years of research, The Grolier Club, New York
References
^ ab"Obituary of Dr Curt F Buhler, authority on the art and history of the printed book". The Times. August 19, 1985.
^Bühler, Curt F., and A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Fund. 1949. Standards of Bibliographical Description. Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press.
^Bühler, Curt F. 1960. The Fifteenth-Century Book : The Scribes, the Printers, the Decorators. Philadelphia [Pennsylvania]: University of Pennsylvania Press.
