Hand Press Book (HandPressBook)
Union catalog of European printing from the 15th century to the 1830s
Why select this database?
- Available only from OCLC, this resource integrates descriptive records for major European national, university and research library holdings.
- Valuable for research in intellectual history, social history, transmission of thought, and the history of printing and the history of the book.
- An essential resource for anyone interested in Europe's multilingual print culture durng the "handpress" period.
- Includes citations for works in Latin, Middle French, and other archaic languages.
| Database details |
| Subjects |
Arts and humanities
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| Sources |
Contributing members of the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL)
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| Number of records |
2,773,600+ |
| Dates covered |
ca. 1495-1830 |
| Updated |
At least annually |
| Producer information |
Consortium of European Research Libraries
Room 0105
Prins Willem-Alexanderof 5
2595 BE Den Haag
THE NETHERLANDS
Postal address:
Postbox 90407
2509 LK Den Haag
THE NETHERLANDS
Phone:+1-646-576-5053
Fax: +1-646-458-0033
Web:
http://www.mla.org/
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| How to cite this database |
"Hand Press Book database on the OCLC FirstSearch service, copyrighted product of the contributing members of the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) and/or their suppliers." |
| Copyright |
©
2008
The Hand Press Book database is the copyrighted product of the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) and/or suppliers of the Consortium. Users of the Hand Press Book database may reproduce a single copy of any record retrieved online, provided such copy is used solely for private study, scholarship, research, or information. Under no circumstances may users store any records electronically for the purposes of resale, redistribution, or performing ongoing searching.
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| Search indexes |
Labels |
Examples |
| Keyword |
kw: |
printing |
| Access method |
am: |
kb |
| Accession number |
no: |
800051788 (OCLC) |
| Author |
au: |
almansa y mendoza andres de
andres de almansa y mendoza |
| Author phrase |
au= |
Albany Institute of History and Art |
| Cataloging source |
cs: |
Oxford |
| Cataloging source phrase |
cs= |
Oxford University Libraries |
| Citation |
ci: |
Wing M1536 |
| Citation phrase |
ci= |
OSZK Antiqua Catalog |
| Corporate and conference name |
cn: |
vaticana |
| Corporate and conference name phrase |
cn= |
Stamperia apostolica vaticana |
| Country of holding instituition |
hp: |
Netherlands |
| Country of publication |
cp: |
England |
| Descriptor |
de: |
quackery |
| Descriptor phrase |
de= |
purim scrolls |
| Document type phrase |
dt= |
book |
| General call number |
nu: |
e246.4helmst.6 |
| General call number phrase |
nu= |
M te 1059 |
| Genre |
ge: |
devotions |
| Genre phrase |
ge= |
obras anteriores a 1800 |
| Geographic coverage |
gc: |
transylvania |
| Geographic coverage phrase |
gc= |
glasgow scotland |
| Imprint year |
pd: |
mdcxxxvii |
| Institution and location of holding |
lh: |
rostock |
| Imstitution and location of holding phrase |
lh= |
rostock universitatsbibliothek |
| Language phrase |
ln= |
latin |
| Notes/comments |
nt: |
dissertation |
| Personal name |
pn: |
wikfors |
| Personal name phrase |
pn= |
priestly, joseph
joseph priestly |
| Publisher |
pb: |
kingsbury |
| Publisher phrase |
pb= |
kingsbury parbury and allen |
| Publisher location |
pl: |
vienna |
| Publisher location phrase |
pl= |
vienna austria |
| Related record identifier |
rr: |
frpbnfr bnf b1 014225929 |
| Related title |
rl: |
kinder |
| Related title phrase |
rl= |
kinder und hausmarchen |
| Series title |
se: |
goldoni |
| Series title phrase |
se= |
ape comica italiana dopo il Goldoni |
| Standard number |
sn: |
bne 19930000088 |
| Subject |
su: |
nullification |
| Subject phrase |
su= |
pictorial works |
| Subject all phrase |
sa= |
physiology 15th-18th centuries |
| System control number |
sy: |
cstrlincimg941228019-e |
| Title |
ti: |
nothing money |
| Title phrase |
ti= |
theres nothing to be had without money |
| Year |
yr: |
1823 |
| Year 2 |
yy: |
1827 |
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