Theodore Besterman (1904-1976) is acknowledged as one of the preeminent
systematic bibliographers of the 20th century. His interests were
wide-ranging, including theosophy, scrying, psychical research,
anthropology, and, above all, Voltaire studies. In all these fields
Besterman made significant contributions, and his World Biblio-graphy of
Bibliographies (4th ed., 5 vols., 1965-1966) and edition of Voltaire's
correspondence (107 vols., 1952-1965) are great monuments in the annals
of modern scholarship. Cordasco collects representative selections from
Besterman's vast oeuvre, with major attention to Besterman's chief
bibliographical works and Voltaire studies, and selections from his
writings in other fields. Includes a biographical and critical profile
of Besterman and a detailed checklist of his writings.