A 1991 census of surviving copies of block books identifies 43 different "titles" (some of which may include different texts).Blockbücher als Mittelalters, pp. 396-412. However, a small number of texts were very popular and together account for the great majority of surviving copies of block books. These texts were reprinted many times, often using new woodcuts copying the earlier versions. It is generally accepted that the Apocalypse was the earliest block book, one edition of which Allan H. Stevenson dates to c. 1450–52.Wilson, p. 91 n.4.Stevenson, pp. 239-341. The following is a partial list of texts, with some links to digitized on line copies:Hind, Vol. I, pp. 216-253.
