Protestantism crossing the seas : : a short-title catalogue of English books printed before 1801 illustrating the spread of Protestant thought and the exchange of ideas between the English-speaking countries and the Netherlands, held by the University Library of the Vrije Universiteit at Amsterdam / / compiled by Michel L.H.M. Le Cat ; edited by Willem Heijting ; with the assistance of Sandra van Daalen.

• Superior document: Bibliotheca humanistica & reformatorica ; Volume 59
• Author: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Bibliotheek.
• TeilnehmendeR: Le Cat, Michel L. H. M.,; Heijting, W.,; Daalen, Sandra van,; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Bibliotheek.
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Hes & de Graaf,, [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Series: Bibliotheca humanistica & reformatorica ; Volume 59.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes indexes.

The collection of English books printed before 1801 in the University Library of the Vrije Universiteit at Amsterdam is one of the largest collections of such books outside the English-speaking world, and by far the largest in the Netherlands. The collection numbers 5,600 titles and covers all subjects, but is especially concentrated on (reformed) protestantism in Great Britain, the Netherlands and America, and the exchange of ideas between these countries. The collection of which the existence is practically unknown, contains many rare items from the 16th to the 18th century. It covers the periods of the well-known and widely used bibliographies of English printed books (STC, Wing, and ESTC); in a large number of cases the catalogue entries correct or supplement these bibliographies. The catalogue is aimed both at a general public of bibliographers, literary and book- historians working with books from the STC, Wing and ESTC periods, and at researchers in the Netherlands, Great Britain and elsewhere specialised in church history and the manifold historical and cultural relations between the British Isles and the Low Countries.

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Preface v --Illustrations vii --The collection of English imprints in the University Library of the Vrije Universiteit xi -- The Vrije Universiteit during its first century - Growth of the library - Anglo-Saxon culture and religious intertraffic as a -- central purchasing area - Growth of the collection --The contents of the collection divided into scholarly disciplines xix -- General works, philosophy, science and medicine - Theology -- - Law and political science - History and geography - Language -- and literature -Art and music --Protestant and Nonconformist writings xxiii -- Puritans - Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) - Baptists and -- John Bunyan - The eighteenth century --Texts and printers bridging the sea xxvii -- English books and pamphlets on the Netherlands - Dutch texts -- translated into English - Dutch-English grammars and dictio- -- naries - Dutch imprints in England - English imprints in the -- Netherlands - North America --Introductory notes to the catalogue xxxiii -- Aim and scope of the catalogue - Numeration - Entries - Cross- -- references - Arrangement of entries - Titles - Statement of edition -- - Physical make-up - Imprint - Reference works - Notes - -- Abbreviations --Catalogue --Indexes 273 -- Index in src order - Index in Wing order.