The John Crerar Library: A List of Books Exhibited December 30, 1907-January 4, 1908, Including Incunabula and Other Early Printed Books in the

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Excerpt from The John Crerar Library<br/><br/>The present list, the seventh of this Library's bibliographical publications, is chie?y intended as a guide to the books exhibited during the meetings of the Amer ican Association for the Advancement Of Science and the Bibliographical Society of America, December 30, 1007, to January 4, 1908. The second part of the list contains a small number of the Library's most valuable and interesting books in various sub jects. The first part is composed exclusively Of early printed books in the medical collection formed by Dr. Nicholas Senn Of Chicago, donated by him to the Newberry Library and recently transferred, with his consent, to this Library; it contains all the incunabula, sixteen in number, including the regimen sanitatis saler nitanum of doubtful date, but believed to have been printed in the year 1500, and the major part Of the books printed during the first half of the sixteenth century. Many Of these books are of interest on account of their personal associations, as having formerly belonged to well known medical scholars, such as Francois Quin queboeuf, J. S. Henninger, Johannes Boecler, Georg Walther, in addition to those whose ex-libris are mentioned in the text nearly all Of them belonged to the library Of Professor Wilhelm Baum in Gottingen, and contain historical and bibliographical notes from his hand. Not a few of the volumes are notable for their bindings, though these in too many cases have not been well preserved. No description Of the bindings, nor any investigation Of the manuscript notes found in many of the books, has been attempted; nor has it been possible, in the time at command, to make more than summary notes of the illustrations, which are remarkable features, especially in many of the books dealing with surgery.

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Languages:: Published: English , Original: English
Number of Pages:: 44
Publisher:: FB&C LTD
Publication Date:: 2018-04-27

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