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Repositories
- Repositories of primary sources
Repositories or early-printed books and archives. World wide and very extensive within each country. Maintained by the University of Idaho. Arranged by continent, then by country.
Catalogues
- WorldCat
Combined catalogue of over 10,000 libraries, containing over one billion records. Worldwide. Strong American input. - Online European catalogues
Hosted by the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel. Includes collective catalogues, national bibliographies and comprehensive coverage for specific periods. Detailed for Germany. Many have links to images. - The European Library
Combined national and union catalogues for 22 of the 45 countries of Europe (Ireland and Spain are not included) - English Short Title Catalogue
Catalogue of the letterpress output of Britain, Ireland and North America, no matter what the language; and of printing in English anywhere else in the world, 1473-1800. Locations given for extant copies.
Britain
- Copac
Access to the combined catalogues of 24 university and research libraries in Britain, plus the British Library, the National Libraries of Scotland and Wales, and Trinity College Dublin.
France
- Collection Collectif de France
Combined search of the Bibliothèque Nationale (BN-OPALE Plus), the Bibliothèques municipales (BMR) and the catalogue du Système universitaire (SUDOC). More than 15 million items.
Germany
- GBV
Union catalogue of 780 libraries in seven German states. Over 27 million records.
Ireland
- Irish Libraries
Links to the catalogues of 17 Irish university, institute and research libraries.
Spain
Early printed texts online
- Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Over 107,000 out of 125,000 items printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and North America, from 1473 to 1700. Full text, in facsimile. - Neo-Latin Texts Online
An analytic bibliography of Latin texts, written during the Renaissance period and later, that are freely available on the web, with links. Contains over 21,000 items.
Book History
Europe and America
- Book History Online
Database on the history of the printed book and libraries worldwide. Books and articles. Over 33,000 entries. Maintained by the Koninklijke Bibliotheck in The Hague, with collaborators from 30 countries. - Il Libro Antico
Links to sites for all aspects of the early book: from paper history and ornament databases to book projects and discussion groups. Wide in scope. Strongly European. Based in Udine. - Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP)
A global network for book historians, with over 1,000 members in over 20 countries. SHARP works with affiliated scholarly organisations around the world encouraging the study of book history. - Directory of Web Resources for the Rare Materials Cataloguer
While intended for cataloguers, contains a large number of useful links for readers
Ireland and Britain: members of the book trade
- POLLARD, M.: Dictionary of members of the Dublin book trade, 1550-1800 (Oxford, 2000)
- BENSON, C.J.: The Dublin print trade, 1801-1850’ Ph.D. thesis. (University of Dublin, 2005)
- MUNTER, R.: The print trade in Ireland, 1550-1775 (New York,1988)
- PLOMER, H.R. et al: Dictionaries of printers and booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland, 1557-1775 (London, 1977)
- BRITISH Book Trade Index.
Brief details and sources for all members of the trade in Britain up to 1851 - SCOTTISH Book Trade Index (SBTI).
All members of the book trade from the beginning of printing in Scotland to c.1850. Maintained by the National Library of Scotland. - BROWN, P.: London publishers and printers, c.1800-1870 (London, 1982)
- TWYMAN, M.: Directory of London lithographic printers, 1800-1850 (London, 1976)
Prints: artists and engravers
- BENÉZIT, E. [at al.]: Dictionary of artists (14 vols, Paris, 2006)
- BRYAN, M.: Dictionary of painters and engravers (5 vols, 4th ed., N.Y., 1964 reprint)
- HOUFE, Simon: Dictionary of nineteenth-century illustrators and caricaturists (Woodbridge, 1996)
- HUNNISETT, B.: An illustrated dictionary of British steel engravers (Aldershot, 1988)
- POLLARD, M.: Dictionary of members of the Dublin book trade, 1550-1800 (Oxford, 2000)
- STRICKLAND, W.: A dictionary of Irish artists (2 vols, Dublin, 1989 reprint of 1913 ed.)
Prints: catalogues
- ELMES, Rosalind M.: Catalogue of engraved Irish Portraits, mainly in the Joly Collection [in the National Library], and of original drawings (Dublin, 1937)
- ELMES, Rosalind M.: Catalogue of Irish topographical prints and original drawings in the National Library of Ireland; revised and enlarged by Michael Hewson (Dublin, 1975)
- LAW, Andrew Bonar: A contribution towards a cartobibliography of the printed maps and charts of Dublin city and county (Dublin, 2005)
- LAW, Andrew Bonar: A contribution towards a catalogue of engravings of Dublin (Dublin, 2005)
- LE HARIVAL, Adrian and DILLON, Susan: Illustrated summary catalogue of prints and sculpture in the National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin, 1988)
- NATIONAL Library of Ireland Prints and Drawings Catalogue
- NATIONAL Portrait Gallery (London) Online Catalogue
Information on more than 90,000 portraits with over 51,000 illustrated
Bindings
- CRAIG, Maurice: Irish bookbindings, 1600-1800 (London, 1954)
- FOOT, Mirjam: Decorated bindings in Marsh’s Library (Aldershot, 2004)
- McDONNELL, Joseph: Five hundred years of the art of the book in Ireland ([Dublin], 1997)
- McDONNELL, Joseph and HEALY, Patrick: Gold-tooled book bindings commissioned by Trinity College Dublin in the eighteenth century (Leixlip, 1984)
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