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Primary sources for historical research: medieval and early modern Europe
This guide lists important collections of primary sources on Europe before 1800 held by the Princeton University Library. It covers microform, print and digital collections. Microforms listed in this guide are housed in Firestone Library Microforms Service on C floor. Printed guides to these collections are usually also housed in Microforms Service and have call numbers beginning "FilmB." A few collections held by Princeton Theological Seminary or by the Center for Research Libraries are also listed in this guide. Please consult a librarian for help if you would like to use these collections. For further information, please see Guides to primary sources for historical research: introduction.
Table of Contents
| Microfilm corpus of unpublished inventories of Latin manuscripts through 1600 A.D. [microform] |
| Microfilm 06124 |
348 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z6605.L3 M52 |
| This film set reproduces lists and inventories of Latin manuscripts from more than 100 libraries, primarily in Europe. While many of these lists have probably been superseded by online cataloging and finding aids, the scholar in search of the holdings of a particular library may find these helpful. |
| Manuscripta: Microfilms of rare and out-of-print books |
| Microfilm 11644 |
1,105 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z1033.M5 S26 |
| Material originally from the Vatican Library, but filmed for the Vatican microfilm collection at Pius XII Memorial Library, St. Louis University. Despite the title of the collection, it reproduces printed books, not manuscripts. Arranged more or less topically; consult the lists in the binder for related books. Note: there are records in the Main Catalog for some, but not all, of the items in the collection. |
| Incunabula [microform]: the printing revolution in Europe, 1455-1500 |
| Microfiche 1545 |
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Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Oversize Z240.A1 I528q |
| Very large collection of microfiche editions of incunables. Arranged variously: by topic (e.g. medical, romances), geographical (printing in England, printing in Venice), and by language (printing in Greek, printing in French.) Note: the indexes do not cover all of our holdings, and we continue to receive new material in this series. |
| Medieval manuscripts, section 3, secular studies [microform] |
| Microfilm 05467 |
13 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| Reproduces manuscripts from Lincoln Cathedral Library. |
| Early and central Middle Ages, c.650-c.1200 AD, the manuscript record [microform] |
| Microfilm 05864 |
25 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z6611.L7E22. |
| Microform edition of manuscripts from Cambridge University Library. Primarily literary and religious. In the series "Britain's Literary Heritage." |
| British literary manuscripts from Cambridge University Library [microform] |
| Microfilm 02941 |
84 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z66ll.L7 B74 |
| Microform edition of manuscripts from Cambridge University Library. Primarily literary and religious. Two series: ser. 1. The medieval age, c. 1150-1500 (49 reels) and ser. 2. The English renaissance, c.1500-c. 1700 (35 reels). In the series "Britain's Literary Heritage." |
| Medieval Manuscript Library of Pembroke College, Cambridge [microform] |
| RECAP: (Mendel Music Library use only) Microfilm 1467
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114 reels |
Printed guide: Mendel Music Library Microfilm 1467 guide |
| "308 well-preserved manuscripts from the medieval college library at Pembroke College in Cambridge, England. Featured are 100 volumes formerly in the Library of The Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds....Authors represented include Ambrose, Anselm, Aquinas, Augustine, Bede, Bernard, Bonaventure, Cato, Gregory, Hieronymus, Hugo, Isidore, Justinian, Juvenal and Peter Lombard. The manuscripts date from the early 9th century to the 14th century." |
| Renaissance man [microform]: the reconstructed libraries of European scholars, 1450-1700. Series one, The books and manuscripts of John Dee, 1527-1608 |
| Microfilm 08218 |
112 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z997.D298 B66 |
On John Dee, Renaissance astrologer and antiquary, see http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7418. The collection reconstructs his library, which included books and manuscripts on many topics, but is especially rich in material on science and magic. See the online guide at
http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/. |
| Early English Books Online |
| Digital edition of books printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, as well as works in English printed elsewhere. Based upon the Pollard and Redgrave Short Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and the Wing Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700). [We also hold these collections in microform: 0930.922 (Pollard) and 0419.922 (Wing).] |
| Black death [microform] : sources concerning the European plague |
| Microfilm 09692 |
34 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms RC178.A1 B522 |
| Rare printed sources from the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbuttel, ca. 1470-1822. Covers Germany, France, Italy, England, Switzerland and Central Europe. Includes treatises "giving suggestions, instructions and advice; short accounts of the particular sufferings of individual cities, towns or villages; recipes for treatments; notes on experiments; and historical recipes observations looking at the origins, causes and effects of The Plague." See http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/black_death/Contents.aspx |
| Witchcraft in Europe and America [microform] |
| Microfilm 05401 |
104 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms BF1566.R47 |
| Reproduces books on witchcraft from the collections of Cornell University, the Lea Library at the University of Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. Good coverage of all aspects of witchcraft, including many trial accounts. Note: much of the material in English may also be found in Early English Books Online and Eighteenth Century Collections Online. |
| French books before 1601 [microform] |
| Microfilm 10584 |
530 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z2162.F735 |
| "... over 500 reels of fifteenth and sixteenth century books from printing centers such as Lyons and Paris, as well as unique works from lesser known presses. Drawn from the Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in France and of French Books Printed in Other Countries from 1470 to 1600 now in the British Museum." Reel guide at http://www.umi.com/assets/downloads/titlelists/serials/
Fr_Reel20Guide_SerII_U1.pdf |
| French Books, 1601-1700 |
| Microfilm 10585 |
225 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z2162 .F736 |
| "This collection contains many of these books printed by the Imprimerie Royale (also known as the Typographia Regia, established in 1639-1640 for Louis XIII.) Other significant works in the collection include Racine's Athalie, printed in 1691 by Denys Thierry, many works by well-known writers and a wealth of fascinating lesser-known publications. This continuing series is based on V.F. Goldsmith's A Short-Title Catalog of French Books 1601-1700, supplemented by other seventeenth century French books." Ree guide at http://www.umi.com/assets/downloads/titlelists/serials/French-Books-1601-1700-ReelGuideSII-U1.pdf |
| Gallica |
| Digital edition of books from the Bibliothèque Nationale; the intent was to create "une bibliothèque patrimoniale et encyclopédique." Covers the Middle Ages through the 19th century. Most material is in French. "Cette collection rassemble des éditions prestigieuses, dictionnaires et périodiques. Elle concerne de nombreuses disciplines telles l'histoire, la littérature, les sciences, la philosophie, le droit, l'économie ou les sciences politiques." |
| French Political Pamphlets, 1547-1648 |
| Microfilm 01879 |
86 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z2177.5.L54 |
| "French Political Pamphlets, 1547-1648 includes more than 7,000 titles written by authors representing a variety of social, political, religious and economic positions within French society." |
| Dutch Pamphlets ca. 1486-1648: Section I. The Collection in the Royal Library, The Hague |
| Microfiche 1533 |
2,096 fiche |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z2457.P3C373 1978 |
| "Pamphlets dated between 1486 and 1853 from the Knuttel Collection, Royal Library, The Hague. Pamphlets range from political apologies and manifestoes to tracts for and against predestination in theology. Battles, sieges, treaties, riots and political assassinations form the subject matter of many pamphlets." We have only part 1, 1486-1648. |
| Arrets du Conseil (Inventaire) 1611-1710 [microform] |
| Microfilm 01073 |
20 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone 7571.01.3565 |
| Microfilm reproduction of the 100-volume list of the decisions of the Conseil du Roi for 1611-1710, which was made in the 18th century. The material indexed is in the Archives Nationales, Série E, Conseil du Roi.
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| Flugschriften des fruhen 16. Jahrhunderts herausgeber |
| Microfiche 793 |
1,956 fiche |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DD176.A2F55 |
| Microfiche of approximately 5,000 pamphlets in German or Latin originally published 1501-1530. See http://www.idcpublishers.com/pdf/99_brochure.pdf for a title list. |
| French Royal & Administrative Acts, 1256-1794 |
| Microfilm 05391 |
59 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms KJJ.xL56 |
| Microfilm of a collection of approximately 16,000 pamphlets held in the New York Public Library. "It offers a wealth of information on the legislative and administrative history of France, as well as other aspects of French life. Dealing with the financial and political administration of France proper from the late 13th century to the end of the monarchy, nearly three-quarters of the pamphlets here are concentrated in the 18th century; a considerable number are of earlier origin. Many of the early pamphlets are reprints of materials published by officials during the period of the monarchy as a reminder of the established rights or obligations of their constituency." |
Note: for Britain and the American colonies in the 18th century, see American History to 1900.
| Eighteenth Century Collections Online |
| Digital edition of about 150,000 books, primarily British, printed in the eighteenth century. Based on the Eighteenth-Century Short-Title Catalogue. |
| Making of the Modern World Digital Archive |
| Digital edition of the Goldsmiths'-Kress collections of books on that document economic and business activity in the West, from 1450 to 1850. Materials include books, pamphlets and ephemera and cover a broad range of topics in political science, history, sociology, and banking, finance, transportation and manufacturing. Note that we also hold this collection in microform: Microfilm S00656, now in RECAP. |
| Electronic Enlightenment http://www.e-enlightenment.com |
| Electronic Enlightenment http://www.e-enlightenment.com Cross-searchable digital critical edition of 18th century correspondence. |
| Sources statistiques de l'histoire de France: les enquêtes des préfets de l'Empire |
| Microfiche 1079 |
435 microfiche |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms DC201 .S687 1975 |
| This collection reproduces statistical compendia printed in the early 19th century, in response to a directive from the central government of France. Arranged by département. |
| Pedagogic theory in 18th century France [microform] |
| Microfiche 837 |
163 microfiches |
Printed guide: none |
| Microfiche collection of 66 French titles on reform of secondary
education in France from 1750 to 1791 |
| Journal. (États généraux, France) |
| 1508.358 |
7 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| Description: avril, 1789 - septembre, 1791 |
| Journals des débats politiques et littéraires [microform] |
| Microfilm S00289 |
184 reels |
Printed guide: none |
Includes the parliamentary debates of the Etats généraux, Assemblée nationale constituante, Assemblée nationale legislative, Convention nationale, Corps legislatif. We have 1789-1944, but with a number of gaps.
- Journal des débats et décrets 1789-May 19, 1797
- Journal des débats et lois du Corps législatif May 20, 1797-Dec. 25, 1799
- Journal des débats et lois du pouvoir législatif, et des actes du gouvernement Jan. 1, 1800-July 1, 1805
- Journal de l’Empire July 15, 1805-Mar. 31, 1814; Mar. 21-July 7, 1815
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| Documents électoraux [microform] |
| Microfilm 05957 |
4 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| Documents of the Etats géneéraux from the Archives nationales (numbered ms. AN 1-19, 21-24, 26-38) for 1789. |
| Ancien regime in turmoil? [microform] : commerce, politics, and society in France, c. 1682-1793 : the Gazette manuscrite, 1775-1793, and related sources from the John Rylands University Library of Manchester |
| Microfilm 10295 |
9 reels |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms HF3555 .A524 |
| "This project brings together a variety of original manuscript sources from the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, dominated by the Gazette Manuscrite, a manuscript newsletter documenting the period 1775-1793. The period before and during the French Revolution is brought to life in ten volumes of letters (over 1,150 in total) sent on weekly basis from Paris to Rennes." See http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/ancien_regime_in_turmoil/Contents.aspx. |
| French Revolutionary pamphlets [microform] |
| Microcard: located in Firestone Microforms: Cabinet 1 |
c. 2,000 microcards |
Printed guide: Firestone Microforms Z2179 .N47 |
| This collection was published in the early 1960's by Falls City Microcards and sold by Microcard Editions, Inc. The microcard collection was based primarily on the Talleyrand Collection at the New York Public Library (see "Printed guide" above) and the Melvin Collection at the University of Kansas. There are records in the Main Catalog for about 2,000 items in this collection, and a title list on the microfiche at the beginning of the microcard set. |
| French Revolution collections in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections |
| "The Library has a great quantity of material on the French Revolution. The most effective access to holdings is provided by the following publication: Pamphlets, Periodicals, and Songs of the French Revolutionary Era in the Princeton University Library: A Descriptive Catalogue together with Indexes compiled by Carla Hesse and Laura Mason with the assistance of Stephen Ferguson. (New York and Princeton, 1989) [(ExB) Z2178 .P76]. This short-title catalogue lists the Library's 3000+ pamphlets from the French Revolutionary period." The component collections include Bord, Weaver, Chinard, and Rogers. |
| Papers of August von Gneisenau, ca. 1785-1831 [microform] |
| 1580.177.396.39 |
40 reels |
Printed guide: none |
| "This collection of Gneisenau’s private and official papers consists, in general, of letters and reports sent and received, manuscript and printed copies of Cabinet orders, tables of disposition of troops of the Prussian and other armies, military and political studies and memoranda prepared by or submitted to Gneisenau, muster rolls and other records of units of the Prussian Army, and directives and circular letters issued by the Prussian Ministry of War. The papers concern such topics as the defense of Kolberg; the campaigns of 1813, 1814, and 1815; negotiations with French Government, 1814 and 1815; and the administration, organization, training, and equipment of the Prussian Army" |
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