A list of published catalogues of the Hispanic Collections of the British Library, one of the greatest collections outside Spain or Portugal.
Catalogues of Spanish books
Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the British Museum. Part X. Spain - Portugal. British Museum, 1971.
Catalogue of books printed in Spain and of other Spanish books printed elsewhere in Europe before 1601 now in the British Library, 2nd edition, ed. D.E. Rhodes, British Library, 1989.
Short-title catalogue of Spanish and Portuguese books, 1601-1700, in the Library of the British Museum - (the British Library-Reference Division), ed. V.F. Goldsmith, Dawsons, 1974.
Short-title catalogue of eighteenth- century Spanish books in the British Library, ed. H.G.Whitehead, British Library, 1995.
H. G. Whitehead, Eighteenth-century Spanish Chapbooks in the British Library, British Library, 1997.
British Library, 126.h.1 Index librorum prohibitorum, the index of books banned by the Inquisition printed in Madrid in 1567. Copyright © The British Library Board
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Catalogues of Portuguese books
Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the British Museum. Part X. Spain - Portugal. British Museum, 1971
Short-title catalogue of Portuguese books printed before 1601 now in the British Museum, ed. H. Thomas, British Museum, 1940
Short-title catalogue of Spanish and Portuguese books, 1601-1700, in the Library of the British Museum - (the British Library-Reference Division), ed. V.F.Goldsmith, Dawsons, 1974.
Catalogue of Latin American books
Short-title catalogue of Spanish-American books printed before 1601 now in the British Museum, ed. H. Thomas, 1944
See also:
A guide to Latin American and Caribbean census material, a bibliography and union list, ed. C. Travis, British Library, 1990. (Lists census material held in the British Library and elsewhere.)
British union catalogue of Latin Americana (UK, 1967-1988). (Includes British Library acquisitions of materials published in Latin America, covering all forms of printed material.) For consultation in card form at the Institute of Latin American Studies, 35 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9EZ, and published on microfiche by the Inter Documentation Company, Netherlands.
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