Herein you will find digital links to reference material held in the Houghton Library reading room. Preference will be given to material freely available on the web, though where necessary, links will be provided to restricted material accessible only on approved (Harvard) IP addresses, and with a Harvard PIN.
B – Philosophy (General)
B2798.Z99 W34 1919 – Warda, Arthur. Die Druckschriften Immanuel Kants (bis zum Jahre 1838). Wiebaden: H. Staadt, 1919. Internet Archive
BF – Psychology
BF1411.Z99 C25 1912 – Caillet, Albert Louis. Manuel bibliographique des sciences psychiques ou occultes. Paris: L. Dorbon, 1912 [i.e. 1913]. See Ref Shelf for links to all volumes.
BS – The Bible
BS423 .R9 189 – Raze, Henri Roux de. Concordantium SS. Scripturae manuale. Parisiis: V. Lecoffre, 1896. Google Books
BV – Practical Theology
BV4819 .C78 1908 – Copinger, Walter Arthur. Hand list of what is believed to be the largest collection in the world of editions of “The Imitation” of Thomas à Kempis. [Manchester, Eng.]: Privately printed, [1908]. Internet Archive ; Hathi Trust
BX – Christian Denominations
BX5031 .F7 1890 – Foster, Joseph. Index ecclesiasticus, or, Alphabetical lists of all ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales since the Reformation. Oxford: Parker, 1890. Hathi Trust
BX7131 .D4 1880 – Dexter, Henry Martyn. The Congregationalism of the last three hundred years, as seen in its literature. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. Hathi Trust ; Google Books
BX8276 .G7 1902 – Green, Richard. Anti-Methodist publications issued during the eighteenth century. London: Published for the author by C.H. Kelly, 1902. Google Books
BX8495 .W5 Z99 1896 – Green, Richard. The works of John and Charles Wesley: a bibliography. London: C.H. Kelly, 1896. Google Books (2nd ed.)
BX8495 .W5 Z996 1869 – Osborn, G. Outlines of Wesleyan bibliography, or, A record of Methodist literature from the beginning. London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1869. Google Books
BX8748.Z99 H9 1906 – Hyde, James, Rev. A bibliography of the works of Emanuel Swedenborg, original and translated. London: Swedenborg Society, 1906. Hathi Trust. Google Books
CE – Technical Chronology. Calendar
CE61.G3 G83 1891 – Grotefend, Hermann. Zeitrechnung des deutschen Mittelalters und der Neuzeit. Hannover: Hahn, 1891-1898. Website ; Google Books (v.1 only)
CR – Heraldry
CR57.G7 F2 1984 – Fairbairn, James. Fairbairn’s Book of crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland. London : Heraldry Today, 1984. (Reprint of 4th ed. rev. and enl, London : T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1905.). Internet Archive (1905 ed.): Vol 1, Vol 2.
CR1619 .P2 1961 – Papworth, John W. (John Woody). Papworth’s Ordinary of British armorials. London : Tabard Publications, 1961 (reprinted from London : Richards, 1874). HathiTrust (1874 ed.): Vol 1, Vol 2. Internet Archive (1874 ed.): Vol 1, Vol 2.
CS – Genealogy
CS424 .C68 1900 – Cokayne, George E. Complete baronetage. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., 1900-1909.
Internet Archive: volume 1 (1611-1625) ; volume 2 (1625-1649), volume 3 (1649-1664), volume 4 (1665-1707), volume 5 (1707-1800)
CS583.Z99 G9 1890 – Guigard, Joannis. Nouvel armorial du bibliophile : guide de l’amateur des livres armoriés. Paris: É. Rondeau, 1890. Gallica: Tome Premier ; Tome II
CT – Biography
CT143 .M5 1811 – Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne. Paris: Michaud frères, 1811-1862. Hathi Trust ; Hathi Trust (more volumes); Hathi Trust (still more volumes); Google Books (missing some volumes)
CT213 .A68 1999 – American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Harvard E-Resource
CT1053 .A5 1875 – Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1875-1912. Harvard E-Resource
CT3202 .M36 1892 – Ungherini, Aglauro. Manuel de bibliographie biographique et d’iconographie des femmes célèbres. Turin: L. Roux, 1892. Hathi Trust ; Suppl. 1 (1900) ; Suppl. 2 (1905)
D – History (General)
D9 .H45 1898 – Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s dictionary of dates and universal information relating to all ages and nations. London ; New York: Ward, Lock, 1898. Google Books (23rd ed., 1904)
D117 .C53 1894 – Chevalier, Ulysse. Répertoire des sources historiques du moyen âge. Paris: A. Picard, 1894-1907. Gallica: Bio-bibliographie Part I (A-I) , Part II (J-Z) ; Topo-bibliographie Part I (A-J) ; Part II (K-Z)
D117 .P67 1896 – Potthast, August. Bibliotheca historica Medii Aevi. Berlin: W. Weber, 1896. Google Books: Erster Band ; Zweiter Band
DA – History of Great Britain
DA28 .D47 1921 – The Dictionary of national biography. London : Oxford University Press, 1921-22. Harvard E-Resource
DA34 .H3 1970 – Haydn, Joseph. The book of dignities: containing lists of the official personages of the British Empire. London: W.H. Allen, 1894. Internet Archive (1890)
DA60 .S47 1905 – Shaw, William Arthur. The knights of England: a complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors. London: Printed and published for the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, Sherratt and Hughes, 1906. Internet Archive: Vol. I ; Vol. II
DA415.Z99 B74 1908 – Thomason Collection. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration. London: British Museum, 1908. Google Books (2 vols)
DC – History of France
DC130.M34 Z995 1850 – Moreau, C. Bibliographie des mazarinades. Paris: J. Renouard, 1850-1851. Gallica: Tome premier (A-F) ; Tome deuxième (G-Q) ; Tome troisième (R-Z)
PA – Classical Philology
PA2001-2915 Latin philology and language
PA2289 .D8 1840 – Glossarium Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis / conditum a Carolo Dufresne, Ddomino Du Cange ; auctum a monachis Oordinis S. Benedicti, cum supplementis integris D. P. Carpenterii et additamentis Adelungii et aliorum digessit G.A.L. Henschel. Parisiis : Firmin Didot, 1840-1850. 7 vols. Hathi Trust (missing volume 2 and v.6)
PN – Literature (General)
PN6080 .H2 1897 – Dictionary of quotations (classical) : with authors’ and subjects’ indexes. London: Swan Sonnenschein ; New York: Macmillan, 1897. Google Books
PS – American Literature
PS88.Z99 B6 1955 – Blanck, Jacob. Bibliography of American literature. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1955-1991. Harvard E-Resource
PS88.Z99 S2 1868 – Sabin, Joseph. Bibliotheca americana. A dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time. New York, 1868-1936. See Ref Shelf for links to all volumes.
PS332.Z99 W4 1905 – Wegelin, Oscar. Early American plays, 1714-1830: a compilation of the titles of plays and dramatic poems written by authors born in or residing in North America previous to 1830. New York: The Literary Collector Press, 1905. Google Books
PS2123 .A4 2006 – The complete letters of Henry James, 1855-1872 / Henry James ; edited by Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias ; with an introduction by Alfred Habegger. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2006. Project Muse: volume 1, volume 2. [Harvard Only]
PS2123 .A4 2008 – The complete letters of Henry James, 1872-1876 / Henry James ; edited by Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias ; with an introduction by Millicent Bell. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008-. Project Muse: volume 1, volume 2, volume 3. [Harvard Only]
PS2123 .A4 2012 – The complete letters of Henry James, 1876-1878 / Henry James ; edited by Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias ; with an introduction by Martha Banta. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2012-2013. Project Muse: volume 1, volume 2. [Harvard Only]
PS2123 .A4 2014 – The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1878-1880 / edited by Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]- Project Muse: volume 1, volume 2. [Harvard Only]
QC – Physics
QC16.N7 Z994 1907 – Gray, G. J. A bibliography of the works of Sir Isaac Newton: together with a list of books illustrating his works. Cambridge: Bowes and Bowes, 1907. Google Books
QD – Chemistry
QD13 .R7 1906 – Royal College of Science and Technology (Glasgow, Scotland). Andersonian Library. Bibliotheca chemica: a catalogue of the alchemical, chemical and pharmaceutical books in the collection of the late James Young of Kelly and Durris. Glasgow: J. Maclehose and Sons, 1906. Hathi Trust
SF – Animal Culture
SF285.Z99 M54 1915 – Mennessier de la Lance, général. Essai de bibliographie hippique: donnant la description détaillée des ouvrages publiés ou traduits en latin et en français sur le cheval et la cavalerie: avec de nombreuses biographies d’auteurs hippiques. Paris: L. Dorbon, 1915-1921. Hathi Trust
TX – Home Economics
TX641.Z99 V5 1890 – Vicaire, Georges. Bibliographie gastronomique. Paris: P. Rouquette, 1890. Gallica
Z – Books, Paleography, Book Industry, Libraries, Bibliography.
Z105-115.5 – Manuscripts. Paleography
Z114 .T472 1912 – Thompson, Edward Maunde. An introduction to Greek and Latin palaeography. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1912. Internet Archive ; Hathi Trust
Z124-228 – Printing History
Z148.K7 V7 1903 – Voulliéme, Ernst. Der Buchdruck Kölns bis zum Ende des fünfzehnten Jahrhunderts: ein Beitrag zur Inkunabelbibliographie. Bonn: Behrendt, 1903. Google Books ; Hathi Trust
Z151 .D51 1910 – McKerrow, Ronald Brunlees. A dictionary of printers and booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of foreign printers of English books 1557-1640. London: Bibliographical Society, 1910. Hathi Trust
Z151 .D52 1907 – Plomer, Henry Robert. A dictionary of the booksellers and printers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667. London: Bibliographical Society, 1907. Google Books ; Hathi Trust
Z151 .D53 1922 – Plomer, Henry Robert. A dictionary of the printers and booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725. Oxford: Oxford University Press for the Bibliographical Society, 1922. Hathi Trust
Z151 .D86 1905 – Duff, E. Gordon. A century of the English book trade: short notices of all printers, stationers, book-binders, and others connected with it from the issue of the first dated book in 1457 to the incorporation of the Company of stationers in 1557. London: Bibliographical Society, 1905. Google Books ; Hathi Trust
Z152.O9 M3 1895 – Madan, Falconer. Oxford books: a bibliography of printed works relating to the University and city of Oxford or printed or published there. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1895-. See Ref Shelf for links to all volumes.
Z155 .F97 1905 – Fumagalli, Giuseppe. Lexicon typographicum Italiae: dictionnaire géographique d’Italie pour servir a l’histoire de l’imprimerie dans ce pays. Florence: L.S. Olschki, 1905. Google Books ; Internet Archive
Z231-234 – Printers and printing establishments
Z232.E8 R41 1843. Renouard, Ant. Aug. Annales de l’imprimerie des Estienne, ou, Histoire de la famille des Estienne et de ses éditions / par Ant. Aug. Renouard. Paris : J. Renouard, 1843. Google Books. Hathi Trust. Hathi Trust.
Z881-977 – Library Catalogs & Bulletins
Z881 .H34 1723a. Harvard College Library. Catalogus librorum Bibliothecae Collegij Harvardini : quod est Cantabrigiae in Nova Anglia. Bostoni Nov-Anglorum : Typis B. Green … , 1723-[1736]. Harvard University Archives.
Z1011-1017 – General Bibliographies
Z1011 .B78 1860 – Brunet, Jacques-Charles. Manuel du libraire et de l’amateur de livres. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1860-1865. See Ref Shelf for links to all volumes.
Z1011 .G73 1998 – Grässe, Johann Georg Theodor. Trésor de livres rares et precieux. Mansfield Centre, Conn.: Martino Fine Books, [1998]. See Ref Shelf for links to all volumes (original publication).
Z1019-1033 – Bibliography: Special Classes of Books: Prohibited and Rare Books, Paperbacks, Reprints
Z1028 .M38 1854 – Martin, John. Bibliographical catalogue of privately printed books. [London : s.n.], 1854. Google Books ; Hathi Trust (1st ed, 1834)
Z1041-1107 – Bibliography: Anonyms and Pseudonyms
Z1041 .W43 1864 – Weller, Emil. Die falschen und fingirten Druckorte: Repertorium der seit Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst unter falscher Firma erschienenen deutschen, lateinischen und französischen schriften. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1864. Google Books ; Hathi Trust
Z1067 .B9 1866 – Brunet, Gustave. Imprimeurs imaginaires et libraires supposés: étude bibliographique, suivie de recherches sur quelques ouvrages imprimés avec des indications fictives de lieux ou avec des dates singulières. Paris: Tross, 1866. Google Books ; Hathi Trust
Z1067 .B92 1880 – Brunet, Gustave. Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes; suivi des Supercheries littéraires dévoilées. Supplément à la dernière édition de ces deux ouvrages (Édition Daffis). Paris: F.-J. Féchoz, 1889. Google Books
Z1067 .B92 1964 Barbier, Antoine-Alexandre. Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes. Paris : G.P. Maisonneuve & Larose, 1964. Hathi Trust (3rd. Ed., 1872-79)
Z1067.Q4 S8 1964 Quérard, Joseph Marie. Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées: galerie des écrivains français de toute l’Europe qui se sont déguisés sous des anagrammes, des astéronymes, des cryptonymes, des initialismes, des noms littéraires, des pseudonymes facétieux ou bizarres. Paris: G.-P. Maisonneuve & Larose, 1964. Hathi Trust (1869-79)
Z1068 .H77 1906 – Holzmann, Michael. Deutsches Pseudonymen-Lexikon. Wien: Akademischer Verlag, 1906. Google Books; Internet Archive
Z1215-1363 – National Bibliography: United States
Z1329 .H64 1885 – Hildeburn, Charles Swift Riché. A century of printing: the issues of the press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784. Philadelphia: [s.n.], 1885-1886. Internet Archive: VOL I (1685-1763) ; VOL II (1764-1784)
Z2000-2959 – National Bibliography: Europe
Z2001 .W34 1824 – Watt, Robert. Bibliotheca Britannica, or, A general index to British and foreign literature. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1824. BSB (Volume I – Authors ; Volume II – Authors ; Volume III – Subjects ; Volume IV – Subjects) ; Harvard E-Resource
Z2012 .B87 1916 – Brown, Carleton Fairchild. A register of Middle English religious & didactic verse. Oxford: Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the University Press, 1916-1920. Hathi Trust
Z2024 .C2 B69 1894 – Bowes, Robert. A catalogue of books printed at or relating to the University, town & County of Cambridge, from 1521 to 1893: with bibliographical and biographical notes. Cambridge: Macmillan & Bowes, 1894. Hathi Trust