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i>The Heritage of the Printed Book database (HPB) of CERL includes records for European printing of the hand-press period (c. 1455-1830) from the Consortium of European Research Libraries, whose 50 plus members represent national and university libraries in 16 countries. Records come from a number of national cataloging projects as well as individual libraries' databases, and represent a unified European approach to bibliographic description of early printed materials.
The current database size is 2.7 million records.
Some major bibliographical projects included in the HPB:
ISTC, Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (BL, London)
SBN, Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (ICCU, Roma)
STCN, Short Title Catalogue of the Netherlands
VD16, Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (BSB, München)
Detailed contents of the HPB
General Information on the HPB
Information Leaflets
Access, Trial Passwords, Scripted access / IP recognition
Technical Development
The CERL Portal allows for free search in the data of the HPB and gives a restricted display of the data.
Libraries, networks, and bibliographical projects contributing to the HPB:
Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München (holdings and VD16)
British Library 17th-Century German Catalogue (K17), London
British Library, Incunabula Short-Title Catalogue (ISTC), London
Cathedral Libraries Catalogue, UK
Goettingen State and University Library (Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen),
Institute for Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico, Roma (SBN(A))
National and University Library of Croatia (Nacionalna i Sveucilisna Knjiznica, Zagreb)
National and University Library of Slovenia (Narodna in univerzitetna knjiznica, Ljubljana)
National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris)
National Library of Hungary (Orszàgos Szèchènyi Könyvtàr, Budapest)
National Library of Lithuania (Martynas Mazvydas, Vilnius)
National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
National Library of Spain, (Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid)
National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, Aberystwyth)
Oxford University Libraries
Royal Library, The Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag)
Royal Library of Denmark (Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København)
Royal Library of Sweden (Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm)
University of London Library
Warsaw University Library (Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie)
Wellcome Library, London
Yale University Library