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English Short Title Catalogue

The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) is like a big list of all the books that were published in England between the years 1473 and 1800. This catalogue shows the titles and other information like author, publisher, place of publishing, and year it was published. All the information in the catalogue can help researchers learn more about the books and the people who wrote them.