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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München: Catalogue of incunables online
The catalogue of incunables of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (BSB-Ink) has been made available online under:
http://mdz1.bib-bvb.de/cocoon/bsbink/start.html
The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München has the richest holdings of incunables world-wide. About a third of all books printed in the 15th-century which are known today are in the library's collections - the total holdings amount to 19900 copies of c. 9660 editions.
During the years 1971-2003, the incunable collection was catalogued with financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. The five-volume print editions of the catalogue was published from 1988 to 2000 in the Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden. Two index volumes are under preparation.
The online-catalogue contains descriptions of
- 9574 incunable editions
- 17401 copies of these editions
The electronic version allows searching the complete text of the printed catalogue as well as digitized images of incunables.
The descriptions of incunable editions contain bibliographical descriptions including complete lists of all texts contained in an edition.
The descriptions of incunable copies contain information about their provenance and bindings as well as about their artistic illumination and manuscript additions.
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At the moment, digitized images are available for 76 editions of mostly German texts: 6377 pages with printed illustrations (mainly black and white, but also coloured woodcuts). The illustrations can be searched for iconographic motives.
We are grateful for any suggestions for improvements and other comments.
Yours sincerely,
Bettina Wagner
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Dr. Bettina Wagner
Abteilung für Handschriften und Seltene Drucke
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Ludwigstr. 16
D-80539 Muenchen
Germany
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Tel. +89 / 28638-2982
Fax. +89 / 28638-2266
postbox: D-80328 Muenchen
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