Reference Tools for Rare Book Cataloging

NOTE: As of 2015, the "Cite As" column is outdated. For the most up-to-date form of a citation, refer to RBMS' Standard Citation Forms for Rare Materials Cataloging.

Reference tools for rare book cataloging at Houghton

Includes standard citations (for 510 field), call numbers with location if more than one copy held by Houghton, and commentary. Locations: HOO=Hofer Outer Office; L (Lamont); HRR (Reading Room); TS Cat. (shelved in P1 by books catalogers)

Incunabula

Old RBMS Citation Form or Common short-hand (do not use in catalog records)	Author	BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION	CITE AS (Do not use; check the RBMS Standard Citation Forms website for updated form)	COMMENTS
BM 15th cent.	British Museum. Department of Printed Books	British Museum. Department of Printed Books. Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1908-2007 13 pts. (see Hollis record for contents)	Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum	f 93-HR-7026 vols. 1-10 (HOO) f B 4679.08 v.1-8 (L) Reading Room copy: f Z240 .B74 1962 v. 9-13 shelved with v.1-8 of lithographic reprint
Goff	Goff, F.R.	Goff, F.R.. Incunabula in American libraries: a third census of fifteenth-century books recorded in North American collections. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1964.	Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries	*93HR-6906 HRR Z240.G58 1973 F
Goff (suppl.)	Goff, F.R.	Incunabula in American libraries :a supplement to the third census of fifteenth-century books recorded in North American collections (1964)		HRR Z240.G58 1973 Suppl. F Annotated with Houghton accessions to date.
Hain	Hain, L.	Repertorium bibliographicum :in quo libri omnes ab arte typographica inventa usque ad annum MD. typis expressi, ordine alphabetico vel simpliciter enumerantur vel adcuratius recensentur		HRR Z240.H15 1966 1966 reprint ed.
Hain-Copinger-Reichling	Reichling, D.	Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum: additiones et emendationes		HRR Z240.H15S2 1905 HRR Z240.H15S2 1905 Suppl.
ISTC		Incunabula Short Title Catalog		http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/istc/ Supersedes The Illustrated ISTC on CD-ROM
Proctor	Proctor, R.	An index to the early printed books in the British Museum with notes of those in the Bodleian library		HRR Z240.P962 1960
Walsh	Walsh, J.E.	A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library		Houghton Catalogue Dept. ~~(in BAL)~~ HRR Z240.H37 1991
Walsh (1st supp.)	Whitesell, D.	First supplement to James E. Walsh's Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library		Houghton Catalogue Dept.(in BAL) HRR Z240.H37 1991 Suppl.

Great Britain

AUTHOR	TITLE	CITE AS (Do not use; check the RBMS Standard Citation Forms website for updated form)	COVERAGE	COMMENTS
	English short title catalogue, 1473-1800	ESTC	1473-1800	http://estc.bl.uk
	A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (1976-1991)	STC (2nd ed.)	1475-1640	HRR Z2002.P77 1976 F
Wing, D.G.	Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (1945-1951)	Wing (2nd ed.)	1641-1700	Houghton Catalog Dept. HRR Z2002.W52 1972 F With this is shelved v. 1, revised by John J. Morrison and Carolyn Nelson, 1994. Annotated with Harvard locations. KN – not really necessary
	Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (1972-1988)	Wing (2nd ed., 1994)	1641-1700	HRR Z2002.W52 1994 F Shelved with v. 2-3, revised and edited by Timothy J. Crist, 1982-1988. Annotated with Harvard locations.
Foxon, D.F.	English verse 1701-1750: a catalogue of separately printed poems with notes on contemporary collected eds.	Foxon	1701-1750	HRR PR551.E5F79 1975 F
Streeter, H.W.	The eighteenth-century English novel in French translation	Streeter, H.W. ^18th-cent. Engl. novel in French transl.		Widener 10466.23.157
Sadleir, M.	XIX century fiction	Sadleir, M. ^19th cent. fiction	England	HRR Z2014.F4 S16 1951 F Includes yellow-backs, series; binding details.
Garside, Raven & Schöwerling	The English novel 1770-1829	English novel 1770-1829	British Isles	HRR PR851.E54 2000
Summers, M.	A gothic bibliography	Summers, M. ^Gothic bib.		Widener PR851.Z99 S95x
Halkett, S. and Laing, J.	A dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous publications in the English language (1980)	Halkett & Laing (3rd ed.)	1475-1640	HRR Z1065 .H18 1980 F

United States

AUTHOR	TITLE	CITE AS (Do not use; check the RBMS Standard Citation Forms website for updated form)	COVERAGE	COMMENTS
Blanck, J.	Bibliography of American literature	BAL		HRR PS88.Z99B6 1955
Bötte, Gerd-J. and Werner Tannhof.	First century of German language printing in the United States of America	Bötte & Tannhof. ^German printing	1728-1830	HRR Z208.B67 1989
Bristol, R.P.	Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography	Bristol	1646-1800	Early American imprints, series I, 1639-1800 HRR Z1215.E92334 1970 F
Checklist of American imprints	Checklist Amer. imprints	Checklist of Amer. imprints	1830-1839	B 5050.788.2*
Evans, C.	American bibliography	Evans	1639-1820	Early American imprints, series I, 1639-1800 HRR Z1215.E92 1903 F Annotated with Harvard holdings \|
	European Americana: a chronological guide to works printed in Europe relating to the Americas, 1493-1776.	Alden, J.E. ^European Americana	1493-1776	HRR Z1203 .E87 1980
Howes, Wright.	U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1978)	Howes, W. ^U.S.iana (end ed.)	1650-1950	HRR E178.Z99 H69 1962
Parke-Bernet Galleries.	The celebrated collection of Americana formed by the late Thomas Winthrop Streeter	Streeter Americana		B 1779 811* B 1779 811* Index
Shaw, R.R. Shoemaker, R.H.	American bibliography	Shaw & Shoemaker	1801-1819	Early American Imprints, Series II HRR Z1215.S48 1958
Shoemaker, R.H.	Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829	Shoemaker	1820-1829	B 5050788*
Stoddard, R.E.	Catalogue of books and pamphlets unrecorded in Oscar Wegelin's Early American poetry	Stoddard, R.E. ^Unrecorded Wegelin	1650-1820	HRR PS303.Z99 W4 1930 Suppl.
Wegelin, Oscar.	Early American poetry	Wegelin, O. ^Amer. poetry	1650-1820	HRR PS303.Z99 W4 1930
Welch, d'Alté	A bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821	Welch, D.A. ^Amer. children's books		HRR Z1232.W44 1972
Wolf, Edwin.	From Gothic windows to peacocks: American embossed leather bindings, 1825-1855.	Wolf, E. ^From Gothic windows to peacocks		*HRef-49 F
Wright, L.H.	American fiction 1774-1850	Wright, L.H. ^Amer. fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.)		HRR PS371 .A12 W9 1969
Wright, L.H.	American fiction 1851-1875	Wright, L.H. ^Amer. fiction, 1851-1875		HRR PS371 .A12 W92 1965
Wright, L.H.	American fiction 1876-1900	Wright, L.H. ^Amer. fiction, 1876-1900		HRR PS371 .A12 W93 1966

Continental Europe

AUTHOR	TITLE	CITE AS (Do not use; check the RBMS Standard Citation Forms website for updated form))	COVERAGE	COMMENTS
Adams, H.M.	Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries	Adams	Europe, 1501-1600	HRR Z1014 .A38 1967
	Index Aureliensis: catalogus librorum sedecimo saeculo impressorum	Index Aureliensis	Europe, 1501-1600	B 4679.462*
Brunet, J.C.	Manual de libraire et de l'amateur de livres	Brunet	Europe, 1455-1809	HRR Z1011.B78 1860
Moreau, C.	Bibliographie des mazarinades	Moreau	France, 1501-1600	HRR DC130.M34 Z995 1850
Mortimer, R.	Catalogue of books and manuscripts	Mortimer	France and Italy, 1501-1600	HRR Z881 .H346 1964 F Detailed information on illustrations, Books of Hours, title page designs, etc.
North, Michael. J.	Printed catalogues of French book auctions and sales by private treaty 1643-1830	Grolier.^^French book auctions	France, 1643-1830	B 1830.437* F Helpful indices of booksellers, auctioneers, etc.; identification of consignors possible through contemporary ms. notes on some Grolier copies.
Cioranescu, A.	Bibliographie de la litterature française du seizième siecle	Cioranescu, A. ^16 s.	France, 1501-1600	HRR Z2172.C5 1959
Cioranescu, A.	Bibliographie de la litterature française du dix-septième siecle	Cioranescu, A. ^17 s.	France, 1601-1700	HRR PQ247.C54 1965
Cioranescu, A	Bibliographie de la litterature française du dix-huitième siecle	Cioranescu, A. ^18 s.	France, 1701-1800	HRR PQ261.C48 1969
Cicogna, E.A.	Saggio di bibliografia veneziana		Venice	Ital. 4801.9x
Goedeke, K.	Grundrisz zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung aus den Quellen	Goedeke	Germany, 1401-1830	HRR PT85 .G7 1884
	Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts	VD 16	Germany, 1501-1600	VD16-Besitzstandsdatei Widener Z 1014 .V47 1983 F
	Das Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts	VD 17	Germany, 1601-1700	VD 17
Wilpert & Gühring	Erstausgaben deutscher Dichtung. Eine Bibliographie zur deutschen Literatur 1600-1960 (1967/1992)	Wilpert & Gühring. ^Erstausgaben (2. Aufl.)	Germany, 1601-1960	HRR PT85 .W54 1992 Houghton Catalogue Dept. (1967 ed.)
	Censimento nazionale delle edizione italiane del XVI secolo	EDIT16	Italy 1501-1600	EDIT 16
Gamba, B.	Serie dei testi di lingua e di altre opere importanti nella italiana letteratura scritte dal secolo XIV al XIX.	Gamba, B. ^Testi di lingua	Incunabula to 18--	HRR PQ4201.G3 1962
Landwehr, J.	Dutch emblem books	Landwehr, J. ^Dutch emblem books	Netherlands, 15xx-17xx	93HR-4389 EC95.L2398.962d
Praz, Mario	Studies in seventeenth-cent. imagery	Praz, M. ^17th-cent. imagery	Europe	Houghton *93HR-4390 Includes extensive bibl. of emblem books (p. 241-576), covering 16th-18th centuries.
Silva, M.R.T. de	A mulher: bibliografia portuguesa anotada (monografias, 1518-1998)	Silva	Women Portugal, 1518-1998	Widener HQ1150 .S58 1999x

Spanish Language

AUTHOR	TITLE	CITE AS (Do not use; check the RBMS Standard Citation Forms website for updated form)	COVERAGE	COMMENTS
Medina, J.T.	Biblioteca hispano-americana (1493-1810)	Bib. hispano-americana	Latin America, 1493-1810	Widener SA 5.10
Medina, J.T.	Biblioteca hispano-chilena (1523-1817)	Bib. hispano-chilena	Chile, 1523-1817	Widener SA 6400.4.11 (1963 facsimile ed.)
Medina, J.T.	La imprenta en México (1539-1821)	Medina, J.T. ^México	Mexico, 1539-1821	Google Books Widener B 5036.4.1 (1965 reprint ed.)
Medina, J.T.	La imprenta en la Puebla de los Angeles (1640-1821)	Medina, J.T. ^Puebla	Mexico (Puebla), 1640-1821	Widener B 5037.5
Medina, J.T.	La imprenta en Lima (1584-1824)	Medina, J.T. ^Lima	Peru, 1584-1824	Houghton B 5021.1.6F* v.1-3 Widener B 5021.1.8 (1961 reprint ed.)
Medina, J.T.	La imprenta en Manila desde sus orígenes hasta 1810	Medina, J.T. ^Manila	Philippines	Widener B 5749.1.7
Palau y Dulcet, A.	Manual del librero hispano-americano (1923-1927)	Palau y Dulcet	Spain and Latin America	Houghton SC9 P1727 923m Houghton 93HR-1707
Palau y Dulcet, A.	Manual del librero hispano-americano (1948-1977)	Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.)	Spain and Latin America	HRR PQ6032.Z99 P3 1948

Music

AUTHOR	TITLE	CITE AS (Do not use; check the RBMS Standard Citation Forms website for updated form)	COVERAGE	COMMENTS
	Répertoire international des sources musicales A/I	RISM A/I	Single printed scores, 1600-1800
Sartori, C.	I libretti italiani a stampa dalle origini al 1800	Sartori	Librettos w/ Italian texts, 1600-1800	HRR ML136.A1 S27 1990 F
Hunter, D.	Opera and song books published in England, 1703-1726	Hunter	England, 1703-1726	HTC-LC ML128.O4 H86 1997x Houghton B 5170.457*
Smith, W.C.	A bibliography of the musical works published by John Walsh during the years 1695-1720	Walsh I		HRR ML145.W28 S5 1948
Smith and Humphreys	A bibliography of the musical works published by the firm of John Walsh during the years 1721-1766	Walsh II		HRR ML145.W28 S52 1968 HTC-LC ML145.W28 S55 1968
Wolfe, Richard J.	Secular music in America	Wolfe, R.J. ^Secular music	1801-1825	HRR ML120.U5 W57 1964
Hopkinson, C.	Bibliography of the musical and literary works of Hector Berlioz (1980)	Hopkinson, C. ^Berlioz (2nd ed.)	Berlioz	Loeb Music Mus 1572.250.5 (There is an earlier ed. in Houghton: f *FC8.B4555.Q951h) Not complete by any means, but the best currently available
Hopkinson, C.	Bibliography of the printed works of C.W. von Gluck, 1714-1787 (1967)	Hopkinson, C. ^Gluck (2nd ed.)	Gluck	Loeb Music (Spalding Rm.) ML134.G56 H69 1967 Also not complete, but a good place to start
Smith and Humphreys	Handel: a descriptive catalogue of the early editions (1970)	Smith and Humphreys. ^Handel (2nd ed.)	Handel	Loeb Music Mus 2996.356.5
Schickling, D.		Schickling, D. ^Puccini	Puccini	Loeb Music ML134.P94 S35 2003 Recommended use in conjunction with Hopkinson, C. Bibliography of the works of Giacomo Puccini, 1858-1924 (1968).
Hopkinson, C.	A bibliography of the works of Giuseppe Verdi, 1813-1901	Hopkinson, C. ^Verdi	Verdi	Loeb Music (Spalding Rm.) ML134.V47 H6 Best used in conjunction with the critical commentary of Gossett, G., ed. The works of Giuseppe Verdi (1983-)

Dance

AUTHOR

TITLE

CITE AS

(Do not use; check the RBMS Standard Citation Forms website for updated form)

COVERAGE

COMMENTS

Derra de Moroda, F.

Dance library

Derra de Moroda, F. ^Dance library

Theatre Coll. TS 10.15.20

Magriel, P.D.

Bibliography of dancing

Magriel, P.D. ^Bibliography of dancing

Widener GV1594.Z99 M34 1936x
HTC-LC Z7514.D2 M2 [3}rd. suppl.---1936-1939]
HTC-LC GV1593 .M24 1941x [4th suppl.---1936-1940]

Graphic Arts

AUTHOR	TITLE	CITE AS (Do not use; check the RBMS Standard Citation Forms website for updated form)	COVERAGE	COMMENTS
Anninger, A.	Spanish and Portuguese 16th century books in the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts	Anninger	Illustrated books from Spain and Portugal, 1501-1600	HRR Z1014 .H29 1985 F
Abbey, J.R.	Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860	Abbey, J.R. ^Travel		*HRef-1184F
Abbey, J.R.	Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860	Abbey, J.R. ^Life		*HRef-1187F
Abbey, J.R.	Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860	Abbey, J.R. ^Scenery		*HRef-1188F
Berlin. Staatliche Kunstbibliothek.	Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek	Berlin. ^Ornamentstichsammlung	Europe, approx.1525-1815	*93HR-1622F
Bonacini, Claudio.	Bibliografia delle arti scrittorie e della calligrafia	Bonacini, C. ^Bibl. delle arti scrittorie	Writing books Europe, approx. 1500-1925	*93HR-2543
Marzoli, Carla.	Calligraphy 1535-1885: a collection of seventy-two writing books and specimens from the Italian, French, Low Countries and Spanish schools	Marzoli, C. ^Calligraphy 1535-1885	Writing books Full collations	*93HR-2542
Nissen, Claus.	Die Botanische Buchillustration.	Nissen, C. ^Botanische Buchillustration (2. Aufl.)	Europe, 15xx-18xx	HRR Z5351 .N63 1966

Science

AUTHOR

TITLE

CITE AS

(Do not use; check the RBMS Standard Citation Forms website for updated form)

COVERAGE

COMMENTS

Houzeau, J.C. &
Lancaster, A.B.M.

Bibliographie generale de l'astronomie jusqu'en 1880.

Houzeau & Lancaster. ^Astronomie (1964 ed.)

Beginnings to 1880

HRR QB43.Z99 H84 1964

Useful Websites

Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog https://kvk.bibliothek.kit.edu/?digitalOnly=0&embedFulltitle=0&newTab=0
MLA sheet music resources: https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/members/group.aspx?id=119607
Cataloging resources from RBMS: https://rbms.info/cat-resources/
Bookbinding: https://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/BINDINGS~1~1
Paper Identification: https://content.lib.washington.edu/dpweb/patterns.html
Collations: https://manual.stcv.be/p/Collation_Formula
Graphics: http://www.graphicsatlas.org/identification/
The Modern Library Bibliography, 1925-1959: https://mlbib.library.virginia.edu/