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2020
Dataset
Books related to theatre derived from the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset
A dataset derived from the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset which contains books pertaining to theatre written in English. The dataset of 841 items was created by filtering by keywords which are related to different genre of play including Drama, Act, Scene, Play, Comedy, Farce, Pantomime, Tragedy and Shakespeare and...British Library ; British Library Labs
act, genre, books, metadata, bibliographic, theatre, and play
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2020
Dataset
Books related to India from the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset
A dataset which is derived from the Digitised 19th Century books dataset focusing on books related to India. The dataset was created by refining the book title field using keywords related to names used for India during the period, places within India, cultural terms such as 'Hindu' and another term...British Library ; British Library Labs
books, metadata, bibliographic, and India
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2020
Dataset
Books related to 19th Century British Colonies derived from the Digitised 19th Century books dataset
A dataset derived from the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset which contains books related to 19th Century British Colonies. The dataset of 1288 items was created using filtering by keywords of locations and then manually checked for accuracy. The data was augmented with additional columns including 'City', 'Colony Name' and...British Library ; British Library Labs
Africa, colonialism, Canada, Ceylon, metadata, bibliographic, India, Australia, books, British Colony, and British Colonies
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2020
Dataset
Books related to War derived from the Digitised 19th Century Books Dataset
A dataset which is derived from the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset comprising all non-fiction English language books related to armed conflicts. The dataset of 1127 items was developed by refining based on keywords such as 'war', 'battle', 'uprising', 'revolt', 'rebellion', 'invasion' and 'mutiny'. This dataset was curated by students...British Library ; British Library Labs
non-fiction, War, books, metadata, and bibliographic
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2020
Dataset
Books related to the Industrial Revolution derived from the Digitised 19th Century books dataset
A dataset which is a subset of the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset comprising books related to the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The subset of 354 items was refined by using keywords associated with placenames and the topic of industrialism. This dataset was curated by the Aepyi student group at...British Library ; British Library Labs
books, industrialism, metadata, bibliographic, and Industrial Revolution
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2019
Dataset
Latin American books in Digitised 19th century books
A dataset which is derived from the 19th Century Books dataset comprising c.1,100 books which are related to Latin America, written in Spanish, English, German, French, Italian, Swedish and Dutch.British Library ; British Library Labs
books, Latin America, metadata, and bibliographic
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2019
Dataset
Books divided by Genre from the Digitised 19th century books dataset
A dataset derived from the Digitised 19th Century Books dataset which classifies the books by genre (Drama, Poetry, Prose, Music and unidentified). For Drama, Music and Prose several types were identified. For Drama: comedy, play, recitation and tragedy. For Prose: novel, parody, romance, satire, story, history subset of story and...British Library ; British Library Labs
Music, Genre, Prose, books, Poetry, metadata, bibliographic, and Drama
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2019
Dataset
Books containing images about Finland
A dataset derived from the Digitised 19th Century books dataset comprising books with images about Finland, approximately 40 titles. This dataset was compiled by Ruby Dixon a student at Graveney School who completed work experience at British Library Labs in 2016.British Library ; British Library Labs
books, Finland, metadata, and bibliographic
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2019
Dataset
Russian language books in the Digitised 19th century books dataset
A dataset which is a subset of the Digitised 19th Century books dataset comprising Russian Language books. The spreadsheet contains metadata of 585 books in Russian. This dataset was compiled by Nadya Miryanova a student at Lady Eleanor Holles who completed work experience at British Library Labs in 2017.British Library ; British Library Labs
books, metadata, bibliographic, and Russia
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2014
Dataset
Digitised Books - Images identified as Medium Sized Images. c. 1567 - c. 1900. JPG
The dataset comprises c. 217,101 images identified as 'Medium Sized Images' from the British Library's Flickr Commons collections, dating between c. 1567 - c. 1900. The images were algorithmically gathered from 49,455 digitised books, equating to 65,227 volumes (25+ million pages), published between c. 1510 - c. 1900; Medium Sized...British Library ; British Library Labs
medium sized images, books, images, digitised, and Microsoft
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2014
Dataset
Digitised Books - Images of the bound covers of books. c. 1510 - c. 1900. JPG
The dataset comprises c. 61,561 images identified as 'Book Covers' from the British Library's Flickr Commons collections, dating between c. 1510 - c. 1900.British Library ; British Library Labs
digitised, books, Microsoft, images, and bookcovers
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2014
Dataset
Digitised Books - Images identified as Plates. c. 1528 - c. 1900. JPG
The dataset comprises c. 385,237 images identified as 'Plates' from the British Library's Flickr Commons collections, dating between c. 1528 – c. 1900. The images were algorithmically gathered from 49,455 digitised books, equating to 65,227 volumes (25+ million pages), published between c. 1510 - c. 1900; Plates have currently been...British Library ; British Library Labs
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2014
Dataset
OCR text derived from digitised books published 1890 - 1899 in ALTO XML
This set consists 14847 volumes, published between 1890-1899. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and Text Object (ALTO)...British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, books, digitised, metadata, Microsoft, nineteenth century, and ALTO
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2014
Dataset
Digitised Books - Images identified as Embellishments. c. 1510 - c. 1900. JPG
The images were algorithmically gathered from 49,455 digitised books, equating to 65,227 volumes (25+ million pages), published between c. 1510 - c. 1900. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The images are in .JPEG format.British Library ; British Library Labs
embellishments, digitised, books, Microsoft, and images
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2014
Dataset
Digitised Books - Images identified as Medium Sized Images. c. 1567 - c. 1900. JPG
The dataset comprises c. 217,101 images identified as 'Medium Sized Images' from the British Library's Flickr Commons collections, dating between c. 1567 - c. 1900. The images were algorithmically gathered from 49,455 digitised books, equating to 65,227 volumes (25+ million pages), published between c. 1510 - c. 1900; Medium Sized...British Library ; British Library Labs
digitised, books, Microsoft, images, and medium sized images
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2014
Dataset
OCR text derived from digitised books published 1880 - 1889 in ALTO XML
This set consists 10856 volumes, published between 1880-1889. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and Text Object (ALTO)...British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, books, digitised, metadata, Microsoft, ALTO, and nineteenth century
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2014
Dataset
OCR text derived from digitised books published 1870 - 1879 in ALTO XML
This set consists 8630 volumes, published between 1870-1879. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and Text Object (ALTO)...British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, books, digitised, metadata, Microsoft, nineteenth century, and ALTO
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2014
Dataset
OCR text derived from digitised books published 1860 - 1869 in ALTO XML
This set consists 7498 volumes, published between 1860-1869. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and Text Object (ALTO)...British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, books, digitised, metadata, Microsoft, nineteenth century, and ALTO
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2014
Dataset
OCR text derived from digitised books published 1850 - 1859 in ALTO XML
This set consists 5818 volumes, published between 1850-1859. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and Text Object (ALTO)...British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, books, digitised, metadata, Microsoft, nineteenth century, and ALTO
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2014
Dataset
Digitised Books. c. 1510 - c. 1900. JSON (OCR derived text)
The dataset comprises text created by OCR from the 49,455 digitised books, equating to 65,227 volumes (25+ million pages), published between c. 1510 - c. 1900. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) text...British Library ; British Library Labs
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2014
Dataset
OCR text derived from digitised books published 1830 - 1839 in ALTO XML
This set consists 2639 volumes, published between 1830-1839. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and Text Object (ALTO)...British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, books, digitised, metadata, Microsoft, nineteenth century, and ALTO
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2014
Dataset
Digitised Books - Flickr Tag History - Dec 2013 to March 2016. TSV
The dataset comprises user submitted tags (with dates) added to the British Library Flickr Commons collections up to March 2016. The images were algorithmically gathered from 49,455 digitised books, equating to 65,227 volumes (25+ million pages), published between c. 1510 - c. 1900. The books cover a wide range of...British Library ; British Library Labs
tag history, microsoft, books, digitised, tags, Flickr, tagging, and TSV
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2014
Dataset
Digitised 19th Century Books - Metadata - 01/09/2013
The dataset holds metadata on the the books digitised within this collection, providing a quick means to connect a book identifier with some of the key bibliographic metadata about it. The metadata is held in JSON notation for ease of reuse.British Library ; British Library Labs
JSON, microsoft, books, metadata, and bibliographic
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2014
Dataset
OCR text derived from digitised books (unknown precise publication dates) in ALTO XML
This set consists 284 volumes. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and Text Object (ALTO) Extensible Markup Language...British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, microsoft, books, digitised, metadata, nineteenth century, and ALTO
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2014
Dataset
OCR text derived from digitised books published 1820 - 1829 in ALTO XML
This set consists 2739 volumes, published between 1820-1829. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and Text Object (ALTO)...British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, books, digitised, metadata, Microsoft, nineteenth century, and ALTO
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2014
Dataset
OCR text derived from digitised books published 1810 - 1819 in ALTO XML
This set consists 2338 volumes, published between 1810-1819. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and Text Object (ALTO)...British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, books, digitised, metadata, Microsoft, nineteenth century, and ALTO
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2014
Dataset
OCR text derived from digitised books published 1800 - 1809 in ALTO XML
This set consists 1502 volumes, published between 1800-1809. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and Text Object (ALTO)...British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, books, digitised, metadata, Microsoft, nineteenth century, and ALTO
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2014
Dataset
OCR text derived from digitised books published 1700 - 1799 in ALTO XML.
The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and Text Object (ALTO) Extensible Markup Language (XML) format.British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, books, digitised, metadata, Microsoft, eighteenth century, and ALTO
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2014
Dataset
OCR text derived from digitised books published c. 1510 - 1699 in ALTO XML
This set consists 693 volumes, published between c. 1510 - 1699. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and...British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, sixteenth century, books, digitised, seventeenth century, Microsoft, ALTO, and metadata
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2014
Dataset
OCR text derived from digitised books published 1840 - 1849 in ALTO XML
This set consists 4070 volumes, published between 1840-1849. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and Text Object (ALTO)...British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, books, digitised, metadata, Microsoft, nineteenth century, and ALTO