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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

© 2011 manual The Heritage of the Printed Book database is the copyrighted product of the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) and/or suppliers of the Consortium. Users of the Heritage of the Printed 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.

Indexes and examples in HeritagePrintedBook

Search indexes Examples
Keyword printing
Accession number 800051788 (OCLC)
Author almansa y mendoza andres de
andres de almansa y mendoza
Citation Wing M1536
General call number e246.4helmst.6
Genre devotions
Imprint year mdcxxxvii
Language phrase latin
Notes/comments dissertation
Publisher kingsbury
Series title goldoni
Standard number bne 19930000088
Subject nullification
Title nothing money