External book historical links
Online catalogues of rare books
HPB – Heritage of the Printed Book Database (CERL)
Bibliographical database with descriptions of European books printed between c. 1455 and 1830. The database is a pan-European project under CERL (Consortium of European Research Libraries). It is based partly on national bibliographical projects, partly on the electronic catalogues of individual libraries.
Database of Nordic Neo-Latin Literature
Pan-Nordic bibliographical database of printed Nordic texts in Latin after the Reformation. Several records have extensive descriptions of contents.
Online library catalogues
Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog
Here it is possible to search a large number of library catalogues simultaneously.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Other libraries holding fine collections of rare books
Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
The John Rylands University Library of Manchester
Other links
SHARP – Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing
Die virtuelle Welt des Alten Buches
Book history and history of knowledge links to texts, scholarship on bookbindings, library history, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and much more.
Book History Online
Bibliographical database with recent articles and books on the history of the printed book. The database is based on The Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries.
Gutenberg Digital
Digital facsimile edition of the Gutenberg Bible (c. 1454) (Göttingen).
