Links
General Reference
- The Universal Currency Converter
- Identifont
- Roman Numeral Year Dates
- Roman Numeral and Date Conversion
- Calculation of the Ecclesiastical Calendar
- Buchmessen & Künstlerbuchmessen - Calendar of events of book fairs happening across the world.
- Credo Reference formerly Xrefer
- viaLibri - Resources for Bibliophiles
- Wikipedia - The biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet
- CINOA - The only international federation for antique and art dealers
- Shin Hanga Date Translation
- Measuring Worth - calculate relative worth over time
Magazines
- Sheppard's Confidential - Weekly News for the Antiquarian and Secondhand Book Trade
- Americana Exchange
Biography
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- Dictionary.com
- Glossary of Common Latin Terms
- Ancient Reference Abbreviations
Bibliography
- The Bibliographical Society (UK) - Organization interested in promoting the study and research in the fields of historical, analytical, descriptive and textual bibliography plus the history of printing, publishing, bookselling, bookbinding and collecting.
- The Bibliographical Society of America
- The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia
- Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand
- The Bibliographical Society of Canada
- Edinburgh Bibliographical Society - Organization for the discussion and elucidation of questions connected with books, more especially Scottish books.
- RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee Resources
Libraries
- Library Servers
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- California Digital Library Melvyl Catalog
- KVK Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog
- American Antiquarian Society
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
- The British Library
- Search The British Library
- Abbey Library of St. Gall, Switzerland
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- The Getty
- Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
- The Library Company of Philadelphia
- Library of Congress
- Search The Library of Congress
- National Library of Medicine
- Koninklijke Bibliotheek
- The New York Public Library
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- The Morgan Library and Museum
- The Swiss National Library
- The Karpeles Manuscript Library - the world's greatest and most important original manuscripts and documents
- The National Library of Scotland
- The National Library of Australia
- Online Computer Library Center
- The Cushing Memorial Library of Texas A&M University
- National Diet Library Japan
- State Library of Western Australia
- State Library of Tasmania
- National Libraries of the World Address List
- LibDex Worldwide Index of Library Catalogues
- National Library Catalogues Worldwide
- WorldCat
- Libdex
- European and Middle Eastern Libraries
- OhioLink Library Catalog
- Libraries of the University of Hawai'i System
- Copac academic and national library catalogue
- National Library of China
Book Arts
- The Book Arts Web
- Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI) - The premier worldwide organization dedicated to type and typography.
- Bartkowiaks Forum Book Art - Organization that promotes international contemporary book art. It is a comprehensive yearbook in which printers and book artists present themselves and their works. In addition, it includes reports on events in the world of book art.
- University of Iowa Center for the Book
- British Association of Paper Historians - Organization for those interested in the history of paper and papermaking.
- British Printing Society - Organization for professional, hobby and part-time printers and those interested in printing.
- The Type Museum
- The Center for Book Arts
- Arts of the Book Collection - Yale University Arts Library
- Guild of Book Workers
Maps
- Map History / History of Cartography - THE Gateway to the Subject
- MapForum.Com - Specialist Antique Map Magazine
- Yale Map Collection
- The Ryhiner Map Collection
- Map Societies Around the World
- Brock University Map Library
- MAGIC - Map and Geographic Information Center
- Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection
- Library of Congress Map Collection
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
- International Map Trade Association
- The International Map Collector's Society
Ephemera
- The Ephemera Society of America
- Graphic Design in 1920-30 Travel Ephemera
- Cigarette Cards: ABCs - Tobacco Collection Ephemera
- American Time Capsule - Three centuries of broadsides and other printed ephemera
- American Left Ephemera Collection (University of Pittsburgh)
- Advertising Ephemera 1850-1920
- Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection (University of Washington)
- Florida Ephemera Collection
- John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera (University of Oxford)
- Phonograph Industry Ephemera
- Here Today, Here Tomorrow - Varieties of medical ephemera
- Central Pacific Railroad Ephemera and Collectibles
- State Library of New South Wales Objects and Ephemera
Bookbinding
- Etherington and Roberts Dictionary (Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books)
- The British Library Database of Bookbindings
- Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild
- A Simple Book Repair Manual (Dartmouth College Library Preservation Services)
- Bookbinding: A Tutorial by Douglas W. Jones (The University of Iowa)
- Designer Bookbinders
- The Society of Bookbinders
- Japanese Bookbinding
- Einbanddatenbank
Dust Jackets
- Great War Dust Jackets
- NYPL Digital Gallery: Dust Jackets from American and European Books, 1926-1947
- Classic Crime Fiction: Dust Jacket Artists and Illustrators
- Victoria University Library Collection: Hogarth Press Illustrated Dust Jackets
- Modern Library Dust Jackets and Bindings: 1917-1939
- The ModernLib ML Database (requires sign-up)
- Series Books for Girls
- University of Delaware Library: Vietnam War Literature Collection Dust Jackets 1931 - 1987
Literature
- The Manuscript Society - An international organization of persons and institutions devoted to the collection, preservation, use, and enjoyment of autographs and manuscripts.
- Author Anniversaries
- The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
- A Celebration of Women Writers
- Literary Resources on the Net (by Jack Lynch)
- Internet Library of Early Journals - A Digital Library of 18th and 19th Century Journals
- American Authors on the Web
- Early American Fiction Collection (1789-1875)
- Lost Race Checklist
Incunabula
- The Bancroft Library Incunabula Database
- Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München - The largest collection of incunabula world wide
- Inkunabelkatalog INKA
Aldus Manutiu
- In aedibus Aldi: The Legacy of Aldus Manutius and His Press (Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)
Latin Place Names
Media
BLOG
- BibliOdyssey
- BookFinder
- Tech Ramblings from the Rare Book Trade
- Fine Books & Collections
- Rare Book News
- PhiloBiblos
- Lux Mentis, Lux Orbis
- Philobiblon
- Library of Congress Blog
- Library Blog Buzz
- Antiquarian Books
- First Printing: The Antique Maps and Prints Blog
- Collecting Children's Picturebooks
- Guardian Unlimited Books
- Bibliophile Bullpen
- Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie
- Hyde Collection Catablog
- The Book Blog
- Ephemera: Exploring the world of old paper
- Rare Book Review
- Archivalia
- El Bibliomano
Great Books
- Great Books Lists
- Great Books Index - An Index to Online Great Books in English Translation
- Rare Book Room
Children's Books
- Children's Book Awards
- The Children's Literature Web Guide
- Cotsen Children's Library at Princeton University
- deGrummond Children's Literature Collection (The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- Lilly Library Chapbook Collection (Indiana University)
- Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books (Toronto Public Library)
- Picturing Childhood - Illustrated Children's Books from University of California Collections, 1550-1990
- Social History of Children's Literature (Kay E. Vandergrift)
- 19th Century American Children's Book Trade Directory
- Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature
- 19th Century Schoolbooks
- Northeast Children's Literature Collection
- International Research Centre: Children's Literature, Literacy and Creativity
- World of the Child - University of Delaware Special Collections
- Children's Books Online: The Rosetta Project
- The School Collection: Children's Literature at the Education & Social Science Library
- Greek Children's Literature
- South Asia and the South Asian Disaspora in Children's Literature - an annotated bibliography
Movable Books
- Pop-Up and Movable Books (University of North Texas Libraries)
- The POP-UP World of Ann Montanaro
Fairy Tales
Dance
- An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals (Library of Congress)
King Arthur
- Arthuriana - Arthur Complete
- Sources for the Study of the Arthurian Legends
Mythology
History
- The Centre For The History Of The Book (UK) - THE CHB was established in 1995 as an international and interdisciplinary centre for advanced research into all aspects of the material culture of the text & its production, circulation, and reception from manuscript to the electronic text.
- HoBo (UK) - Formerly History Of The Book © Oxford, HoBo currently aims to provide comprehensive coverage of all UK seminars, lectures and conferences related to the history of the book.
- International Printing Museum - A living exploration of the printed word, with exhibits and displays covering more than 500 years of history.
- Early Book Society
- Rare Book Society
- American Antiquarian Society
- Rare Book School
- Manuscripts, Books, and Maps: The Printing Press and a Changing World
- Images of 11-17th century manuscripts - Bodleian Library Oxford University
- The International Dunhuang Project - An international collaboration based at the British Library with more than 100,000 manuscripts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from Dunhuang and other Silk Road sites freely available on the Internet
Canadiana
Discoveries
Religion
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- Hypertext Book of Hours
- Parallel Latin/English Psalter
- Traditional Latin Mass
Bible
- Bible Gateway
- ARTFL Project: Multi-Lingual Bibles - King James English, Luther German, Louis Segond French, Latin Vulgate
- The Online Bible - The Bible in every language
- Latin Vulgate Bible
- The Bible: Latin Vulgat
- The Holy Bible (Vulgate Translation) Concordance
- The New Testament (Rheims 1582)
- Gutenberg Bible Census
- Gutenberg Digital
- The Gutenberg Bible Online Digital Facsimile (The British Library)
- The Gutenberg Bible at the Ransom Center (University of Texas at Austin)
- Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts - study the ancient manuscripts upon which the New Testament is based
Classics
- The Perseus Digital Library - Primary and secondary sources for the study of ancient Greece and Rome
- An Analytic Bibliography of On-Line Neo-Latin Texts
Poetry
Medieval
Illuminated Manuscripts
- DScriptorium - Digital images of Medieval manuscripts
- Paging Through Medieval Lives - Illumination and Calligraphy From Selected Collections
- The Age of King Charles V (1338-1380) (The Bibliothèque Nationale de France) - 1,000 Illuminations from the Department of Manuscripts
- Bodleian Library Western manuscripts to c. 1500
- Early Manuscripts at Oxford University - Digital facsimiles of complete manuscripts, scanned directly from the originals
- Hill Monastic Manuscript Library
Illustration
- Color Printing in the Nineteenth Century (University of Delaware Library)
- Manuscript images of the technology in the Middle Ages
Miniature Books
- The Charlotte M. Smith Collection of Miniature Books (University of Iowa Libraries)
- Miniature Book Society
Philosophy
Science and Medicine
- MedHist (Wellcome Library) - The guide to history of medicine resources on the Internet
- Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries (Richard S. Westfall)
- ECHO (Exploring and Collecting History Online) Virtual Center
- History of Science on the World Wide Web (The University of Oklahoma)
- Internet History of Science Sourcebook
- The Alchemy Web Site and Virtual Library
- Jesuits and the Sciences 1540-1995
- Atomic Energy Collection (Oregon State University)
- Science in the 19th Century Periodical
- Heirs of Hippocrates (University of Iowa)
Individual Authors
Kobo Abe
Hans Christian Andersen
W.H. Auden
Jane Austen
Paul Auster
J.G. Ballard
Honore de Balzac
Samuel Beckett
Saul Bellow
Henri Bergson
William Blake
Boccaccio
- Decameron Web - A Comprehensive Reference and Research Site Dedicated to the Study of Cervantes' Works and Life
Jorge Luis Borges
The Brontë Sisters
Robert Burns
- Robert Burns Country (The Official Robert Burns Site)
William S. Burroughs
Lewis Carroll
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Miguel de Cervantes
Chaucer
Anton Chekhov
Wilkie Collins
- The Wilkie Collins Website (Paul Lewis)
- Wilkie Collins
Joseph Conrad
Dante
Simone De Beauvoir
Philip K. Dick
Charles Dickens
Denis Diderot
Alfred Doblin
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Roger Martin du Gard
Marguerite Duras
Umberto Ecco
George Eliot
T.S. Elliot
Ralph Ellison
William Faulkner
- William Faulkner: American Writer 1897-1962
- University of Virginia Library William Faulkner Collection
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gustave Flaubert
Anatole France
John Galsworthy
Elizabeth Gaskell
Federico Garcia Lorca
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nikolai Gogol
Günter Grass
Joao Guimaraes Rosa
Knut Hamsun
Gerhart Hauptmann
Ernest Hemingway
Herman Hesse
Langston Hughes
Victor Hugo
Aldus Huxley
Henrik Ibsen
Henry James
James Joyce
Franz Kafka
Yasunari Kawabata
Nikos Kazantzakis
Rudyard Kipling
D.H. Lawrence
T.E. Lawrence
Halldor K Laxness
Giacomo Leopardi
Doris Lessing
Sinclair Lewis
Astrid Lindgren
H.P. Lovecraft
Lu Xun
Naguib Mahfouz
Andre Malraux
Thomas Mann
Herman Melville
Czeslaw Milosz
Milton
- The Milton-L Home Page - Devoted to the life, literature and times of John Milton
Michel de Montaigne
Elsa Morante
Toni Morrison
Shikibu Murasaki
Robert Musil
Vladimir Nabokov
V.S. Naipaul
Eugene O'Neill
Pablo Neruda
George Orwell
Boris Pasternak
Octavio Paz
Fernando Pessoa
Harold Pinter
Luigi Pirandello
Sylvia Plath
Edgar Allan Poe
Ezra Pound
Marcel Proust
Thomas Pynchon
Francois Rabelais
Romain Rolland
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- The Rossetti Archive (The Complete Writings and Pictures of Dante Gabriel Rossetti)
Salman Rushdie
Jose Saramago
Jean-Paul Satre
Shakespeare
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- The First Folio of Shakespeare (The University of Chicago Library)
- Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
- Open Source Shakespeare
George Bernard Shaw
John Steinbeck
Laurence Sterne
Italo Svevo
Jonathan Swift
Leo Tolstoy
Mark Twain
- Mark Twain in His Times (Stephen Railton)
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