Databases

The Book of Books database supports the virtual reconstruction of the library of Hernando Colón (1488-1539), combining the information from his Libro de los epítomes with data e.g. from modern library catalogues.

The VD Zürich database is a digital bibliography listing all items produced by letterpress printing in Zürich between 1479 to and 1830.

The Short-Title Catalogue Netherlands (STCN) is the national bibliography of the Netherlands up to the year 1801. It comprises detailed descriptions of many thousands works printed in the Netherlands or in the Dutch language.

The Material Evidence in Incunabula is a database specifically designed to record and search the material evidence of 15th-century printed books: ownership, decoration, binding, manuscript annotations, stamps, prices, etc

The Incunabula Short Title Catalogue is the international database of 15th-century European printing created by the British Library with contributions from institutions worldwide.

This is a database of holdings in the ESTC. It is not searchable, but all holdings information can be found in the English Short Title Catalogue.

Authority records for holding institutions - used for supporting display and retrieval in ISTC, MEI, PPD and PDA

Authority records describing geographic areas - used for supporting display and retrieval in MEI.

Authority records for persons, printers, corporate entities and places until approx. 1830.