Digitised Books. c. 1510 - c. 1900. JSONL (OCR derived text + metadata)

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Resource type
Dataset
Date published
2021
Abstract
The dataset comprises metadata and OCR generated text from 49,455 digitised books 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 JSON Lines (JSONL) text format.
Creator (organisation)
British Library Labs
British Library
Contributor (person)
van Strien, Daniel
Bento, Filipe
Publisher
British Library
Place of publication
London, UK
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10.23636/HWM2-2Y73
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You can find further information about the organization of this dataset in README.md file.