Abbreviations
| ADSM | Archives départementales de Seine-Maritime, Rouen |
| AUL | Aberdeen University Library |
| BIU Santé | Bibliothèque Inter-Universitaire de Santé, Paris |
| BL | British Library, London |
| BMC | British Museum Catalogue |
| BMG | Bibliothèque municipale, Grenoble |
| BnF | Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
| Bros. | Brothers |
| BSB | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich |
| c. | circa |
| col. | column |
| comp. | compiler |
| d. | died |
| DCL | Durham Cathedral Library |
| doc. | document |
| ed., eds. | editor, editors |
| EBDB | Einbanddatenbank |
| EBSB | English Blind-stamped Bindings |
| ESL | Early Scottish Libraries |
| ESTC | English Short Title Catalogue |
| et al. | et alii |
| etc. | et cetera |
| EUL | Edinburgh University Library |
| fol., fols. | folio, folios |
| GW | Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke |
| IGI | Indice generale incunaboli delle biblioteche d’Italia |
| ISTC | Incunabula Short Title Catalogue |
| Lib. | Liber |
| LVD | Liber Vitae Durham |
| MLGB | Medieval Libraries of Great Britain |
| MSS | manuscripts |
| n. | note |
| n.d. | no date |
| NLS | National Library of Scotland |
| no. | number |
| NRS | National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| NSZL | National Széchényi Library, Budapest |
| ODNB | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
| OSB | Order of St Benedict |
| p., pp. | page, pages |
| pt. | part |
| r | recto |
| RAS | Royal Astronomical Society, London |
| RCP | Royal College of Physicians, London |
| repr. | reprinted |
| SAUL | St Andrews University Library |
| ser. | series |
| SHL | Senate House Library |
| s.n. | sine nomine |
| TNA | The National Archives |
| tr. | translator |
| UCL | University College London |
| USTC | Universal Short Title Catalogue |
| v | verso |
| vol., vols. | volume, volumes |