Early Modern Studies

A digital facsimile edition of virtually every book published in English between 1473 - 1700.

Full text books or collections by seminal figures in the humanities and social sciences, including: Aquinas, Aristotle, Austen, Behn, Betham, Bronte, Calvin, Darwin, Dewey, Dickens, etc., in both original languages and English translation; including their published and unpublished works, articles and essays, and correspondence.

Coverage of trans-Atlantic slavery and abolition topics; content includes original manuscripts, other rare printed materials and contextual essays. The focus is on the African Coast, the Middle Passage, slavery and agriculture, the abolition movement, the Underground Railway and slavery today.

Full text access to rare journals and newspapers printed between 1685 and 1815.

Includes historical primary source material: manuscripts, rare documents, maps, photographs, drawings, paintings, letters, diaries, notebooks, and more.

Copyright free versions of a large variety of publications.

Facsimile editions of over 136,000 books, plays, essays, broadsides and more published in the 18th century.