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Resources for Bibliophiles



Links to selected web sites and pages of interest to bibliophiles:


 Reference and Research Sites

Multi-lingual Dictionary of Bibliographic Terms (English, French, German and Dutch). Courtesy ILAB-LILA.

ODLIS. Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science.

Latin Place Names.

ADB/NDB Online. Searchable German Biographical Data.

Book History Online. Searchable database of bibliographical reference sources.

CERL Thesaurus. Database of names of persons, places and printers/publishers recorded in books or other material printed during the hand-press era.

British Book Trade Index. Searchable database of the book trade in England and Wales before 1851.

Scottish Book Trade Index. Index of printers, publishers, booksellers, bookbinders, printmakers, stationers and papermakers based in Scotland before 1850.

BioBibData. Biographical and Bibliographical data.

American Libraries before 1876. Searchable database.

Library History, The British Isles - To 1850



 General & Miscellaneous

Rare Books On The Web - A Brief Introduction by Albert Masters. Guide to internet searching for information on rare books.

Americana Exchange. Searchable auction database, monthly newsletter &other useful features.

BookThink. Newsletters, Forum, Links, etc. useful tobooksellers, collectors.

Internet Online Booksellers Association. Newsletter, Book Search, Resource Links, etc.

Books and Book Collecting - Steve Trussel. Links and other useful tools and information for book collectors.

Rare Book School. At the University of Virginia.

HoBo (History of the Book). "Dedicated webspace for History of the Book events and resources throughout the UK"

Studies In Bibliography. Back issues and searchable textbase.

A Simple Book Repair Manual. How to.

Finales de libro Exposición de colofones. Digital images of early colophons.

Images of Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library. Aproximately 1000 manuscripts arranged by century and country.

Hand Bookbindings: Plain and Simple to Grand and Glorious. Digital images and descriptive notes for 211 bindings.

Publishers' Bindings Online, 1850 - 1930. Digital Images and commentary.

Color Printing In The Nineteenth Century. University of Delaware.

Gallica. Collection survey from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

100 highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Collection survey from the National Library of the Netherlands.



 Links To Links

Rare Books On The Web. A List of Resources Compiled by Albert Masters.

Special Collections On The Web. From the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the A.L.A.

Directory of Web Resources For The Rare Materials Cataloguer. Also from RBMS.

Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing. Book History Links.

Bibliography On The Web. Compiled by the Bibliographical Society of America.

Book Arts Web. Includes links to many book arts sites.

Resources for Booksellers and Bookcollectors. U.K. links for booksellers and collectors.



 Forums, Listservs and Discussion Groups

BIBSOCAN. Internet Discussion Group on Bibliography.

Bibliophile Mailing List.

ExLibris.

The Book Arts Web.

Book Think (Forum).



 Blogs

Bookselling Online.

Tech Ramblings from the Rare Book Trade.

Fine Books and Collections - The Blog.

Bibliophile Bullpen.

PhiloBiblos.

BibliOdyssey.

Fraubucher. Mindful Marginalia.

Internet Online Booksellers Association.

Biblio-Technician.

Lux Mentis, Lux Orbis...all things books...

Rare Book News.


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