English Short Title Catalogue English Short Title Catalogue English Short Title Catalogue describes letterpress materials printed in any language in England or its dependencies, as well as works printed in English anywhere else in the world from 1473 to 1800. Serves as a comprehensive bibliography of the hand-press era and as a census of surviving copies. Includes materials ranging from Shakespeare and Greek New Testaments to anonymous ballads, broadsides, songs, advertisements and other ephemera. More than 423,000 records. Only entries printed before 1701 have subject headings.
Extensive indexing includes imprint word, place, genre, and year as well as copy-specific notes.
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