Early English Books Online (EEBO)

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Early English Books Online(EEBO)
Tomislaw Dalic
Lund 2007
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Early English Books Online

• The existence of Early English Books Online
  has completely transformed my teaching as well as
  my own scholarly life both entirely for the
  better
• Regius Professor Quentin Skinner
• University of Cambridge
• (source JISC, The Joint Information Systems
  Committee lthttp//www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?namewa
  kingupgt)

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Early English Books Online

• Access to Early English Books Online (EEBO)
  provides a classic example of how new technology
  can rejuvenate traditional research. Extending
  access to the resource has fundamentally changed
  the way all of us can manage and maintain
  first-class scholarly research.
• Justin Champion, Professor of the History of
  Ideas
• Royal Holloway, University of London
• (source JISC, The Joint Information Systems
  Committee lthttp//www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?namepu
  b_inform8dtpogt)

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Early English Books Online

• Voortaan hoef ik alleen EEBO even op te starten
  en ik kan er zelfs thuis in bladeren. Dat is voor
  een onderzoeker een ongekende luxe.
• "Deze bestanden gaan ons werk enorm versnellen
• Deze aanschaf zal als een magneet gaan werken
  op onderzoekers uit heel Europa.
• Dr. Ton Hoenselaars, Utrecht University

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Early English Books Online

• "New electronic resources, new questions in
  research and teaching
• "New databases, new research questions
• Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Leiden University

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EEBO in Europe

• Germany 143 institutions
• United Kingdom 70 institutions
• Finland 35 institutions
• Holland 14 institutions
• France 13 institutions
• Spain - 11 institutions
• Republic of Ireland 7 institutions
• Italy 2 institutions
• Belgium 1 institution

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Editorial Principles
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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

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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 14731700
• Variant editions and multiple copies
• c.135,000 titles comprising approximately 20
  million scanned pages

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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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Coverage and Highlights
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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 / NumberSTC
(2nd ed.) / 15375Copy from Henry E. Huntington
Library and Art Gallery
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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
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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 NumberWing / H2620 Copy from
Library of Congress
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Religion
The New Testament by William Tyndale, d. 1536.
Cologne H. Fuchs?, 1525Bib Name / NumberSTC
(2nd ed.) / 2823Copy from British Library
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Geography Exploration
Historia mundi, or, Mercator's atlas by Gerhard
Mercato, 1512-1594. London Printed by T. Cotes,
for Michael Sparke, 1635Bib NumberSTC (2nd ed.)
/ 17824.5Copy from Folger Shakespeare Library
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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, 1640Bib Name / NumberSTC
(2nd ed.) / 17168Copy from British Library


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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, 1671Bib Name / NumberWing (2nd ed.) /
L2588Copy from National Library of Wales


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


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Art and Architecture
A booke of portraicture by Giovanni Francesco
Barbieri, 1591-1666. London Sold by Godfrey
Richards ... neere the Royall Exchange, London,
1665Bib NumberWing / B702Copy from Henry E.
Huntington Library and Art Gallery
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., 1680Bib NumberWing / C1924Copy from
British Library
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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 ..., 1698Bib Name
/ NumberWing / P4218Copy from Harvard
University Library
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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, 1570Bib Name / NumberSTC
(2nd ed.) / 10560Bib Name / NumberThomas-Stanfor
d, C. Early eds. of Euclid's Elements, 41. /
Copy from Henry E. Huntington Library and Art
Gallery
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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, 1570Bib Number STC /
12889Copy from Folger Shakespeare Library
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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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Discover the Unexpected


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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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EEBO Misconceptions

• English only resource
• Multidisciplinary
• Limited users
• Research only
• Expensive