Useful internet resources on rare and antiquarian books, as selected by our experts.
Rare Books Resources on the British Library Website
Resource Discovery Guides
- Catalogues of Early Printed Books in the British Library
- Subject Access to Early Printed Materials in the British Library
- Provenance Research in the British Library
- Bookbindings in the British Library
- Guide to Early Printed Bibles in the British Library
- Early Printed Science Materials in the British Library
- Sale Catalogues in the British Library
- Italian Printed Books 1501-1800: Some Bibliographical Resources
- Directory of Named Collections of Early Printed Materials in the British Library
Key Special Collections
- Incunabula
- King's Library
- Thomason Collections of Civil War Tracts
- Early Newspapers (including the Burney Collection)
- Evanion Collection of Victorian Ephemera
Collections by Language & Period
Specialist Catalogues
- Catalogue of Photographically Illustrated Books
- Database of Bookbindings
- English Short Title Catalogue
- Evanion Catalogue of Ephemera
- Incunabula Short Title Catalogue
- Nineteenth Century Programme Catalogue
Topographical Prints and Drawings
Treasures in Full - Complete Digitised Texts of British Library Treasures
Electronic British Library Journal
Rare Books Resources on the World Wide Web
- Your Old Books (American Library Association)
- Links to Selected Digital Facsimile Sites
- Links to Selected Rare Books Libraries, Organisations and Projects
- Links to Selected Websites Relating to Early French Books
In the British Library Reading Rooms
Further electronic resources relevant to the study of rare books are available through the Electronic Resources computers in the British Library Reading Rooms at London. These include the Heritage Printed Book Database, Early English Books Online, and Eighteenth Century Collections Online. A full list can be seen by following the databases link on the Rare Books and Music Reading Room webpage.
Contact
Early Printed Collections
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7564
Fax: +44 (0)20 7412 7691
E-mail: rare-books@bl.uk
