page_title: English Short Title Catalogue
hierarchical_section_title: English Short Title Catalogue
caption_attribution_description: English: English Short Title Catalogue title count, numbers of titles per decade 1477-1799. See Olaf Simons, The English market of books: title statistics and a comparison with German data, at Critical Threads (2013) for data and details.
context_page_description: The English Short Title Catalogue is a union short-title catalogue of works published between 1473 and 1800, in Britain and its former colonies, notably those in North America, and primarily in English, drawing on the collections of the British Library and other libraries in Britain and around the world. It is co-managed by the British Library and the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research at the University of California, Riverside. The database is freely searchable.
context_section_description: The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) is a union short-title catalogue of works published between 1473 and 1800, in Britain and its former colonies, notably those in North America, and primarily in English, drawing on the collections of the British Library and other libraries in Britain and around the world. It is co-managed by the British Library and the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research (CBSR) at the University of California, Riverside. The database is freely searchable.
caption: The series 1477–1799 with numbers per decade
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