Practical Books published in England, 1476–1600

These two .csv files are companion data for the book Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print (University of Chicago Press, 2024). They contain publication information for all "practical books" printed in England between 1476 and 1600. Practical books are defined as books published in English in any of the following genres: medical recipe collections herbals astrological manuals agricultural treatises anatomies surgeries dietaries or health regimens urinaries books on distillation gardening manuals books on hawking and hunting husbandry manuals veterinary medicine The publication information for the 479 books reflected in these spreadsheets were collected from the British Library's digital database, estc.bl.uk, which contains information bibliographical data drawn from Katherine Pantzer, et al, eds., A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475–1640, 3 vols., revised and enlarged second edition (London: Bibliographical Society, 1976–1993). Note that as of summer 2024, the digital ESTC remains inaccessible following a cyber attack on the British Library. Both spreadsheets contain information on the same 479 titles, but the data in the second "standardized titles" spreadsheet has been cleaned in order to create standard titles for reeditions of the same texts. In other words, in the "standardized titles" spreadsheet, all editions of the same text are registered under the same title.

本数据集包含两份逗号分隔值（CSV）文件，为《阅读实践：从手稿到印刷的自然知识追寻》（*Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print*，芝加哥大学出版社，2024年）配套提供。

其收录了1476年至1600年间英格兰地区印刷的全部"实用书籍"的出版信息。

实用书籍定义为以英语出版的以下任一类别作品：医学方剂汇编、草药志、占星术手册、农业论著、解剖学著作、外科学著作、饮食手册与健康养生指南、尿液分析著作、蒸馏术著作、园艺手册、鹰猎与狩猎指南、畜牧经营手册以及兽医学著作。

本数据集收录的479种图书的出版信息，均源自大英图书馆数字数据库estc.bl.uk。该数据库的书目数据来自凯瑟琳·潘策（Katherine Pantzer）等编纂的《1475–1640年英格兰、苏格兰、爱尔兰及海外印刷英文图书短标题目录》（全3卷，修订增订第二版，伦敦：书目协会，1976–1993年）。

请注意：截至2024年夏季，因大英图书馆遭遇网络攻击，数字短标题书目数据库（ESTC）仍无法访问。

两份电子表格均收录了相同的479种图书的相关信息，但第二份名为"标准化标题"的电子表格已完成数据清洗，可为同一文本的不同重印本生成统一标准标题。

换言之，在"标准化标题"电子表格中，同一文本的所有版本均以统一标题进行著录。