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8. Bibliographic Sources A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (compiled by A.W. Pollard & G.R. Redgrave) Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (compiled by Donald Wing) The Thomason Tracts collection - c.135,000 titles

9. Comprehensive Coverage, Instant Access Facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473–1700 Variant editions and multiple copies c.135,000 titles comprising approximately 20 million scanned pages

10. Diverse Coverage Books in 33 languages, from Algonquin to Welsh Volumes published in 15 different countries, from Belgium to the United States 200 contributing libraries worldwide, from the Aberdeen Central Library to the Zentralbibliothek, Zürich

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12. The Origins of Printing William Caxton (1421-1491) “here begynneth the volume intituled and named the recuyell of the historyes of Troy,…” Printed by William Caxton, 1473 Bib Name / Number:STC (2nd ed.) / 15375 Copy from: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

13. Literature The works of F. Rabelais, M.D., or, The lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and Pantagruel … done out of French by Sir Tho. Urchard, Kt., and others. London : Printed for Richard Baldwin, 1694 Bib Number: Wing / R104 Copy from: University of Illinois

14. Science Micrographia, or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703. London : Printed for James Allestry... and are to be sold at his shop..., 1667 Bib Number:Wing / H2620 Copy from: Library of Congress

15. Religion [The New Testament] by William Tyndale, d. 1536. [Cologne : H. Fuchs?, 1525] Bib Name / Number:STC (2nd ed.) / 2823 Copy from: British Library

16. Geography & Exploration Historia mundi, or, Mercator's atlas by Gerhard Mercato, 1512-1594. London : Printed by T. Cotes, for Michael Sparke, 1635 Bib Number:STC (2nd ed.) / 17824.5 Copy from: Folger Shakespeare Library

17. Politics Nicholas Machiavel's Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469-1527. London : Printed by R. Bishop, for Wil: Hils, and are to be sold by Daniel Pakeman at the signe of the Rainebow neare the Inner Temple gate, 1640 Bib Name / Number:STC (2nd ed.) / 17168 Copy from: British Library

18. Law Littleton's tenures in French and English. by Littleton, Thomas, Sir, d. 1481. London : printed by John Streater, James Flesher, and Henry Twyford, assigns of Richard Atkins, and Edward Atkins, Esquires. And are to be sold by George Sawbridge, John Place, John Bellinger, William Place, Thomas Basset, Robert Pawlet, Christopher Wilkinson, Thomas Dring, William Jacob, Allan Banks, Ch. Harper, John Amery, John Pool, John Leigh, 1671 Bib Name / Number:Wing (2nd ed.) / L2588 Copy from: National Library of Wales

19. Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio, aere exarata: per Thomam Geminum. by Andreas Vesalius, 1514-1564. Londini : [In officina Ioanni Herfordie, 1545 Bib Name / Number:STC (2nd ed.) / 11714 Copy from: British Library Medical Science

20. Art and Architecture The whole body of antient and modern architecture by Roland Fréart, sieur de Chambray, 1606-1676. London : Printed for J.P., sold by C. Wilkinson [etc.], 1680 Bib Number:Wing / C1924 Copy from: British Library A booke of portraicture by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1591-1666. [London] : Sold by Godfrey Richards... neere the Royall Exchange, London, 1665 Bib Number:Wing / B702 Copy from: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

21. Music Orpheus Britannicus, A collection of all the choicest songs for one, two, and three voices by Henry Purcell, 1659-1695. London : Printed by J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford..., 1698 Bib Name / Number:Wing / P4218 Copy from: Harvard University Library

22. Mathematics The elements of geometrie of the most auncient philosopher Euclide of Megara. Faithfully (now first) translated into the Englishe toung, by H. Billingsley, citizen of London... Imprinted at London : By Iohn Daye, 1570 Bib Name / Number:STC (2nd ed.) / 10560 Bib Name / Number:Thomas- Stanford, C. Early eds. of Euclid's Elements, 41. / Copy from: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

23. Education A methode or comfortable beginning for all vnlearned, whereby they may be taught to read English, by John Hart, d. 1574. Imprinted at London : By Henrie Denham, 1570 Bib Number: STC / 12889 Copy from: Folger Shakespeare Library

24. Non-Anglophone Works / Translations François Cassandre, d. 1695 La rhetorique D'Aristote traduite en Francois par seu M. Cassandre. Nouvelle edition. Suivant la copie de Paris A Londres : chez Pierre de Varrennes, demeurant dans le Strand proche la Savoye à la Teste se Seneque, 1698 Bib Number: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) / A3696B Copy from: University of Illinois

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26. Searching EEBO Fully searchable Bibliographic Records for all works Search according to Author, Title, Imprint, Subject, Bibliographic Number, Source Library, Language etc All illustrations indexed and searchable Variant spelling

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