Attribution scholars rely on a variety of historical documents for information about authorship.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.

• Winstanley, William, The lives of the most famous English Poets, or the Honour of Parnassus (London, 1687), Wing W3065. [Internet Archive] [EEBO-TCP Phase I]
• Phillips, Edward, Theatrum Poetarum (London, 1675), Wing P2075. [Internet Archive] [EEBO-TCP Phase I]