GUIDANCE FOR EDITORS OF HAKLUYT SOCIETY BOOKS

One of the Society’s series editors is appointed to oversee the project and to guide the volume editor (those individuals referred to as authors for the purpose of editing of the original text in the contract issued by the Society). [...] CONDITIONS Proposers of works for publication should complete the Proposal form provided by the Society and following acceptance of the proposal by the Council of the Society, will be asked to sign a contract in which they agree to follow the rules listed below and in which they transfer their copyright interest to the Society. [...] THE TASK OF THE VOLUME EDITOR The responsibilities of the volume editor (described as ʻauthor’ for the purpose of editing of the original text in the Society’s contract) are: 1. [...] One should give the details of the original author of the text, the nature and whereabouts of the original text, and the importance of the document. [...] The introduction should outline the historical background to the text, information about the original author, the significance of the text and the reasons for its publication, together with a summary of the textual conventions used.