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Excerpt from An Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum, Vol. 2: MDI-MDXX; Section I. Germany <p>Other reasons have led to the publication of this section of the Index as a self-contained work. Though incomparably more easy and straightforward than the italian or french divisions are likely to be, it has occupied during four years the greater part of a constantly diminishing leisure; and the prospect of completing the other countries in any reasonable time is so small that it seemed undesirable to keep the german section back for several years in order to issue the whole at one time, as was done with the first part. The most notable disadvantage of the method which has been adopted is the exclusion of the german books printed at Basel or in austria-hungary, whether with or without imprint; and it must be constantly borne in mind by those who consult the Index that the absence from the following pages of a german book sine nota does not necessarily imply that it is wanting in the Museum collections. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.