Cartography
Concise Bibliography of the History of Cartography
Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress
A large online collection of historical maps and atlases, including works by Blaeu, Hondius and Ortelius.
International journal for the history of cartography.
E-mail discussion group whose primary focus is historical maps, atlases, globes and other cartographic documents.
Links to thousands of sites on cartography and maps.
Stichting Cartographiae Historicae Cathedra
In Dutch only.
Children's Books
Children's Books Online: The Rosetta Project
A large collection of children's books.
Illustrated Children's Books from University of California Collections, 1550–1990.
Digital Libraries
Database relating to the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Dutch West India Company (WIC).
An extensive collection of online texts of classic novels, books of poetry and several reference works.
Selected collections from the Oxford University Library.
Peíthô's Web - Classic Rhetoric and Persuasion
Over 20,000 online books in over 50 languages.
Online texts of English translations of Classical Greek and Roman authors.
Dutch
Bibliopolis - History of the printed book in the Netherlands
Library of Joannes Thysius (1622-1653), who collected over 2500 books in all fields of science in his short life.
The historical canon of the Netherlands.
De Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren
Digital library for Dutch literature. Including online texts of Dutch literary classics, reference works and an extensive bibliography of Dutch authors from the Middle Ages until now.
The Dutch memory project of the Royal Library
Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis
The Institute for Dutch History. With an extensive biographical dictionary.
National Archives.
Nederlandse literatuur van de Middeleeuwen
Online texts of Dutch medieval classics.
On the Dutch East India Company.
Geology
An online collection of geological literature from the Oxford University Library.
History
The American memory project of The Library of Congres.
Online texts of numerous late classical and medieval historiographical and literary works.
History of Printing
An Analytic Bibliography of On-Line Neo-Latin Titles
Book History Online: International Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries
Color Printing in the Nineteenth Century
Illuminated Manuscripts
Early Manuscripts at Oxford University
Illumination and calligraphy from selected collections.
Incunabula
The Bancroft Library Incunabula Database
Union Catalogue of Incunabula Database - State Library Berlin
Libraries, Dutch
Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit Groningen - Library of the University of Groningen
Available in English.
Bibliotheek van de Universiteit van Amsterdam - University Library Amsterdam
Available in English.
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag - Dutch Royal Library, The Hague
Available in English.
Tresoar Fries Historisch en Letterkundig Centrum - Tresoar Frisian Historical And Literary Centre
Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden - University Library Leiden
Available in English.
Universiteitsbibliotheek Nijmegen - University Library Nijmegen
Available in English.
Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht - University Library Utrecht
Available in English.
Libraries, International
Bibliothèque Nationale Paris - National Library Paris (France)
Search the British Libary, the national libraries of Scotland and Wales and 24 major British and Irish university libraries.
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek - German National Library
Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel - Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel
Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog - University Library Karlsruhe
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussel - Royal Library, Brussels
Library of Congress (United States)
National Library Catalogues Worldwide
The Folger Shakespeare Library
Research and educational center located in San Marino, California.
Literature
Also including fables by La Fontaine, fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen and a number of other tales.
British Fiction, 1800–1829: A Database of Production, Circulation, and Reception
Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels
A Bibliographical Survey of Fiction Published in the British Isles
Museums
The collection of the Museum Meermanno consists of written and printed books from past and present. The main focus is on the development of book designing.
Museum Plantin-Moretus Antwerp
The Plantin-Moretus Museum possesses an exceptional collection of typographical material. Not only does it house the two oldest surviving printing presses in the world and complete sets of dies and matrices, it can also be proud of its magnificent library, a richly decorated interior and the entire archives of the Plantin business.
Natural History
Early Classics in Biogeography, Distribution, and Diversity Studies: To 1950
Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists: Chrono-Biographical Sketches
On natural history.
Reference
A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
Bookbinding and the Conservation of books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Glossary of Common Latin Terms
International Civic Heraldry site
Extensive database of civic arms. Partly in Dutch and still a work in progress.
Register zum Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1987-2000
Roman Numeral and Date Converter
Roman Place Names (Orbus Latinus Online)
Related
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
Dutch monthly on art and antiques. Sebastiaan S. Hesselink is a regular contributor. (See also the News & Articles section of our website).
The Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Tussen Kunst en Kitsch (Between Art and Kitsch) is a Dutch tv-program in which experts in the various fields of art and antiques give their professional opinion on objects presented by viewers of the program. FORUM director Sebastiaan S. Hesselink serves as an expert in the rare book field.
Religion
Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon
Biographical and bibliographical Church lexicon. In German.
English Translations of the Quran
Glossary for the study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Online facsimile editions of the British Library’s two copies of Johann Gutenberg’s Bible.
King James (English), Luther (German), Louis Segond (French) and the Latin Vulgate.
The famous Dutch translation of the bible, first published in 1637.
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