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Attribution scholars rely on a variety of historical documents for information about authorship. Such sources of so-called external evidence of authorship include: entries in the Stationers' Register; references in correspondence, diaries, and biographies; ledgers and receipts; legal records; playlists compiled by stationers; and so on.

This page hosts or links to transcriptions and/or digital images of such documents.

Stationers' Register

Arber, Edwards, ed., A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London; 1554–1640, 5 vols (London, 1875–1894).

Page images: (Vol. 1) [HathiTrust] (Vol. 2) [HathiTrust] [HathiTrust] [HathiTrust]

Eyre, G.E.B., and C.R. Rivington, eds, A Transcript of the Registers of the Worshipful Company of Stationers from 1640–1708, 3 vols (London, 1913–14).

Page images: (Vol. 1) [HathiTrust] (Vol. 2) [HathiTrust] (Vol. 3) [HathiTrust]

Bergel, Giles, and Ian Gadd, eds, Stationers' Register Online, CREATe, University of Glasgow, [stationersregister.online]

Other

Phillips, Edward, Theatrum Poetarum (London, 1675), Wing P2075.

Page images: [Internet Archive] | Transcription: [EEBO-TCP Phase I]

Winstanley, William, The lives of the most famous English Poets, or the Honour of Parnassus (London, 1687), Wing W3065.

Page images: [Internet Archive] | Transcription: [EEBO-TCP Phase I]

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 == Stationers' Register ==
-Arber, Edwards, ed., ''A transcript of the registers of the Company of Stationers of London; 1554–1640'', 5 vols (London, 1875–1894).
+Arber, Edwards, ed., ''A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London; 1554–1640'', 5 vols (London, 1875–1894).
 :: Page images: (Vol. 1) [[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435072530868 HathiTrust]] (Vol. 2) [[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435023215767 HathiTrust]] [[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015078263228 HathiTrust]] [[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951001490149p HathiTrust]]
+Eyre, G.E.B., and C.R. Rivington, eds, ''A Transcript of the Registers of the Worshipful Company of Stationers from 1640–1708'', 3 vols (London, 1913–14).
+:: Page images: (Vol. 1) [[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033678452 HathiTrust]] (Vol. 2) [[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033678445 HathiTrust]] (Vol. 3) [[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033678437 HathiTrust]]
 Bergel, Giles, and Ian Gadd, eds, ''Stationers' Register Online'', CREATe, University of Glasgow, [[https://stationersregister.online/ stationersregister.online]]