The Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD 16) (in English: ''Bibliography of Books Printed in the German Speaking Countries of the Sixteenth Century''), abbreviated VD 16, is a project to make a retrospective German

national bibliography A national bibliography is a systematic bibliography of acquisitions of a national library. Most countries either have a national bibliography or are in the process of compiling one. Some countries that do not have a national bibliography of their ...

for the sixteenth century. The project was compiled during the period 1969–1999. It is financed by the

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft The German Research Foundation (german: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ; DFG ) is a German research funding organization, which functions as a self-governing institution for the promotion of science and research in the Federal Republic of Germ ...

(German Research Foundation). There is a corresponding German national bibliography for the seventeenth century, known as

VD 17 The Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts (in English: ''Bibliography of Books Printed in the German Speaking Countries from 1601 to 1700''), abbreviated VD17, is a project to make a retrospective German n ...

. Together the VD 16 and VD 17 alongside the planned

VD 18 VD may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''The Vampire Diaries'' * Ivan Vdović (1960–1992), Serbian drummer * Veni Domine, a Swedish metal band * Vicious Delite, a metal band featuring Ratt's Stephen Pearcy Holidays * Valentine's Day, a ...

(''Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 18. Jahrhunderts'') fulfill a function for the bibliographic history of the German cultural zone similar to the ''

English Short Title Catalogue The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) is a union short-title catalogue of works published between 1473 and 1800, in Britain and its former colonies, notably those in North America, and primarily in English, drawing on the collections of the ...

'' for Britain and North America.

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Search page for VD 16 and VD 17

Digitized VD 16 Imprints at the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale)

VD18-Datenbank: Das Verzeichnis Deutscher Drucke des 18. Jahrhunderts
{{Authority control Published bibliographies 16th century in Europe Catalogues Early modern printing databases

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