Early American Imprints, 1639-1800
- Location: McKeldin Library
Location Code & Call Number: MCK-PER M-PRINT - Early American Imprints, 1639-1800. Evans Numbers 1-49,
197.
132 Boxes.
Automated Access:
- The English Short Title Catalogue
(Searchable on EUREKA) - The English Short Title Catalogue, searchable as a file on RLIN BIB, contains records of Evans titles, which may be identified by running a search and then limiting the records to Evans in the Notes field. To limit to Evans, click on the LIMIT button; click on down arrow key in the box that appears, click on OTHER, then click on NOTE. Click on box labeled VALUE and type the word "evans " in the box. Then click on the APPLY button.
- REF AUTOM Z1203.A64 1993
- The American Antiquarian Society Catalogue of Early American Imprints, 1640-1800 is a CD-Rom index that contains North American Imprints Program records for materials printed before 1801 in what is now the United States, including records for items recorded by Evans or Bristol but not filmed by Readex and rcords for materials unrecorded by Evans and Bristol and therefore not filmed.
Description
This collection reproduces in full more than 42,000 titles published in the United States between 1639 and 1800.
The microprint collection is arranged by Evans numbers in chronological order. To locate a title, it is necessary to consult the Evans or Bristol bibliography.
Originally Charles Evans planned to cover the works of early American presses from 1639 to 1820. He succeeded in including 35,854 entries in twelve volumes through the letter "M" of the year 1799. Clifford K . Shipton compiled volume thirteen, which completed the entries for 1799 and 1800. Roger Bristol's publication lists more than 11,200 entries which escaped the notice of both Evans and Shipton.
Inormation cards for individual authors in this series appear in the public catalog.
The index to the Evans Bibliography includes author, title and subject entries.
See also: Early American Imprints, Second Series, 1801-1819.
Index/Guide
The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:
- REF Z1215. E923 FOLIO
- Evans, Charles. American Bibliography: A Chronological Dictionary of All
Books, Pamphlets, and Periodical Publications Printed in the United States of America from the
Genesis of Printing in 1639 down to and including the year 1820. 13 volumes.
- Z1215.E92334 FOLIO
- Bristol, Roger Pattrell. Supplement to Charles Evans' American Bibliography.
