A much overlooked part of Britain's national heritage is the wealth of printed material produced in the first two hundred and fifty years after the invention of the printing press. As well as charting key moments in the development of English literature, this material offers contemporary accounts of major historical events, such as the Civil War, the Union of the Crowns, the discovery of the Americas and advances in science and medicine. Britain in Print aims to provide free access for all to information about the rich collections of early British books held in some of the UK’s most important libraries.

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