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Heritage of the Printed Book (HeritagePrintedBook)
(formerly Hand Press Book database)

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 during the "handpress" period.
  • Includes citations for works in more than 80 languages, including many European languages (medieval and modern) and classical Latin and Greek
Database details
Subjects

Arts and humanities

Sources

Contributing members of the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL)
Number of records 2,773,600+
Dates covered ca. 1495-1830
Updated At least annually
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Copyright

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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