- Aldus Pius Manutius (3)
dir.yahoo.com/.../History_of_Books_and_Printing/Aldus_Pius_Manutius
- Archive of Watermarks and Papers in Greek Manuscripts
Searchable database of designs organized by type plus paper descriptions and bibliography.
abacus.bates.edu/Faculty/wmarchive
- Aspects of the Victorian Book
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Online exhibition from The British Library devoted to Victorian books and magazines.
www.bl.uk/collections/early/victorian/intro.html
- Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls
Stanford's collection of major dime novel series and story newspapers includes images, texts, guided tour, and timeline for this late 19th century genre.
www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies
- English Short-Title Catalogue
Provides bibliographic records, with holdings, of every surviving copy of letterpress produced in Great Britain or any of its dependencies, in any language, worldwide, from 1473-1800.
estc.ucr.edu
- Gutenberg, Johannes (1400-1468) (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../History_of_Books_and_Printing/Gutenberg__Johannes__1400_1468_
- Historical Currier & Ives Print Collection
Large private collection of original prints.
www.curriercollection.com
- History of Printing Timetable
From 3500 BCE Sumerian clay tablets to present day.
www.xs4all.nl/~knops/timetab.html
- History of Reading Codes for the Blind
About the many different types of embossed letters that have been used as reading codes.
www.nyise.org/blind
- Koster, Laurens Janszoon (c.1370-1440?)
Also Coster. Dutch printer who might have worked with movable type before Johannes Gutenberg.
www.psymon.com/koster
- Manuscripts, Books, and Maps: the Printing Press and a Changing World
Traces the development of the printed book.
communication.ucsd.edu/bjones/Books/booktext.html
- Odyssey in Print
The Smithsonian presents journeys of the human mind through six centuries' worth of rare books, manuscripts, art, and artifacts.
www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/Odyssey
- Oxford Early Printed Books Project
Aims to create a database of accurate bibliographical descriptions for all foreign books in non-Bodleian libraries, printed before 1641.
www.lib.ox.ac.uk/icc
- Pop-up and Movable Books: A Tour Through Their History
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From the 19th century to the present. Features examples from the Weaver Collection, University of North Texas.
www.library.unt.edu/rarebooks/exhibits/popup2/default.htm
- Printing: Renaissance and Reformation
An exhibit that explores the history of printing from its origins to the seventeenth century.
www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/sccoll/renprint/renprint.html
- Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books
Digital collection of of 19th century decorative book bindings from the United States.
bindings.lib.ua.edu
- Rosenbach Museum & Library
Museum of art and antiques and library of rare books and transcripts housed in a historic 19th century mansion in Philadelphia, PA.
www.rosenbach.org
- Sch?yen Collection, The
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Large collection of ancient and rare manuscripts.
www.nb.no/baser/schoyen
- St. Bride Printing Library
Information about the library, its history and collections, and its supporting organizations, The North American and European Friends of the St. Bride Library.
www.Stbride.org
- Turning the Pages
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Interactive display system from The British Library allows users to look at the actual pages from rare manuscripts.
www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html
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