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Sch�yen Collection, The - [read review] - large collection of ancient and rare manuscripts.
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.
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.
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.
Archive of Watermarks and Papers in Greek Manuscripts - searchable database of designs organized by type plus paper descriptions and bibliography.
Collins Library, The - [read review] - daily selection of excerpts from old books, magazines, and newspapers.
History of Reading Codes for the Blind - about the many different types of embossed letters that have been used as reading codes.
Historical Currier & Ives Print Collection - large private collection of original prints.
Odyssey in Print - the Smithonian presents journeys of the human mind through six-centuries worth of rare books, manuscripts, art, and artifacts.
Koster, Laurens Janszoon (c.1370-1440?) - also Coster. Dutch printer who might have worked with movable type before Johannes Gutenberg.