This volume is aimed both at more experienced editors, who may wish to skip over the advice offered in the introduction, as well as at those who are new to the craft and want to know how to begin work on publishing historical documents of interest to them.

By Michael E. Stevens and Steven B. Burg

chapter 1 About the Authors
chapter 2 Preface
chapter 3 Introduction
chapter 4 What, Why, How and for Whom?
chapter 5 Selection and Arrangement of Documents
chapter 6 General Principles of Transcription and Proofreading
chapter 7 Transcription: Types of Sources
chapter 8 Presenting the Text
chapter 9 Principles of Annotation
chapter 10 Forms of Annotation
chapter 11 Special Issues of Access and Indexing
chapter 12 Front and Back Matter
chapter 13 Bibliography and Short Titles
chapter 14 Index