Early English Books Online

Last update: 07-13-2010 01:39 PM

Where: The titles can be found in Rex, the homepage of EEBO is quite good.

What: Every book (and a lot else) printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northamerica, and works in english printed in the rest of the world, from the period 1473-1700
How many:

More than 99.000

How: Free download of individual page spreads in PDF
Print limitations No technical limitations
Copy-Paste limitations The pages are available as images of an open book. Because of that, it is not possible to select and copy text.
eBook reader It is impractical to download a complete book, two pages at a time. The formatting of the pages normally precludes showing them on a smaller screen.