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Facsimiles of literary manuscripts, including letters, diaries, drafts of poems, plays, novels, and other literary works, from the medieval period to 1900.
Subject Matter Timeframe: 5th Century - 19th Century
Dates of Coverage: 400 A.D. - 1900
Contains page scans of books printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and British North America, as well as English-language works printed elsewhere from 1473–1700.
Contains searchable full-text images of books, almanacs, broadsides, magazines, pamphlets, and other materials published in the British Isles and North America from 1700-1800.