Impressions: 250 Years of Printing in the Lives of Canadians
- National Library of Canada exhibition examining the history of printing in Canada. Libraries Today
- Site for those interested in the history of Canadian public libraries and librarians.- Aldus Pius Manutius (3)
- Archive of Watermarks and Papers in Greek Manuscripts
- Searchable database of designs organized by type plus paper descriptions and bibliography. - Aspects of the Victorian Book
- Online exhibition from The British Library devoted to Victorian books and magazines. - Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls
- Stanford's collection of major dime novel series and story newspapers includes images, texts, guided tour, and timeline for this late 19th century genre. - English Short-Title Catalogue
- Provides bibliographic records, with holdings, of every surviving copy of letterpress produced in Great Britain or any of its dependencies, in any language, worldwide, from 1473-1800. - Gutenberg, Johannes (1400-1468) (6)
- Historical Currier & Ives Print Collection
- Large private collection of original prints. - History of Printing Timetable
- From 3500 BCE Sumerian clay tablets to present day. - History of Reading Codes for the Blind
- About the many different types of embossed letters that have been used as reading codes. - Joseph Ishill and the Authors and Artists of the Oriole Press
- University of Michigan exhibit devoted to the American printer and some of the most important works from his 50-year printing career. - Koster, Laurens Janszoon (c.1370-1440?)
- Also Coster. Dutch printer who might have worked with movable type before Johannes Gutenberg. - Manuscripts, Books, and Maps: the Printing Press and a Changing World
- Traces the development of the printed book. - Odyssey in Print
- The Smithsonian presents journeys of the human mind through six centuries' worth of rare books, manuscripts, art, and artifacts. - Oxford Early Printed Books Project
- Aims to create a database of accurate bibliographical descriptions for all foreign books in non-Bodleian libraries, printed before 1641. - Pop-up and Movable Books: A Tour Through Their History
- From the 19th century to the present. Features examples from the Weaver Collection, University of North Texas. - Printing: Renaissance and Reformation
- An exhibit that explores the history of printing from its origins to the seventeenth century. - Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books
- Digital collection of of 19th century decorative book bindings from the United States. - Rosenbach Museum & Library
- Museum of art and antiques and library of rare books and transcripts housed in a historic 19th century mansion in Philadelphia, PA. - Schøyen Collection, The
- Large collection of ancient and rare manuscripts. - St. Bride Printing Library
- Information about the library, its history and collections, and its supporting organizations, The North American and European Friends of the St. Bride Library. - Turning the Pages
- Interactive display system from The British Library allows users to look at the actual pages from rare manuscripts.
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