U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

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GMN 9355 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11537

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW

A catalogue of rare syphilis books held in the Special Collections Department of the University of Glasgow.

https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_389083_smxx.pdf Describes and illustrates in color over 200 rare books from the 15th century to 1820, including those in the Hunterian Collection, with links to more extensive online …

GMN 13552 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15829

BERNARD, Charles (1652 – 1710)

Bibliotheca Bernardiana: Or, A catalogue of the library of the late Charles Bernard, Esq; Serjeant Surgeon to Her Majesty. Containing a curious collection of the best authors in physic, history, philology, antiquities ... With several MSS. Ancient and modern which will begin to be sold by auction on Thursday the 22nd of March, 1710-11. At the Black-Boy Coffee-House in Ave-Mary-Lane, near Ludgate-Street.

Catalogue compiled by Jacob Hooke. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 13913 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16207

c. 830 ANONYMOUS

Sammelband: Vita Sancti Symeonis; Physiologus latinus; Fredegarii Chronicon; Sermo S. Effrem; etc. Burgerbibliothek Codex Bongarsianus 318.

The earliest surviving illustrated manuscript version of the Physiologus. Digital facsimile of the codex from e-codices.unifr.ch at this link. This 9th century codex, from the Rheims scriptorium, was first published i…

GMN 9042 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11221

1476 GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216); HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370); HUNAYN IBN ISHAQ [أبو زيد حنين بن إسحاق العبادي‎; ’ABŪ ZAYD ḤUNAYN IBN ’ISḤĀQ AL-‘IBĀDĪ], (Latin: Iohannitius) (809 – 873); THEOPHILUS PROTOSPATHARIUS, (Θεόφιλος Πρωτοσπαθάριος) (650 – ); PHILARETOS, (Philaretus) (820 – 1075)

Articella seu opus artis medicinae. Con: Johannitius: Isagoge ad tegni Galeni. Philaretus: De pulsibus; Theophilus Protospatharius: De urinis. Hippocrates: Aphorismi (comm: Galenus; tr: Constantinus Africanus); Prognostica (comm: Galenus); De regimine acutorum morborum (comm: Galenus; tr: Gerardus Cremonensis). Galenus: Liber Tegni, sive Ars medica (comm: Hali; tr: Gerardus Cremonensis).

A collection of Greek, Roman and Byzantine texts on medicine, written in Latin, that was mainly used as medical school textbook or reference manual between the 13th and 16th centuries. The Articella grew around a synt…

GMN 52 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8771

1483 HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370); GENTILI DA FOLIGNO, Gentile (Gentilis Fulginas; Gentilis de Flugineo) ( – 1348); ARGILAGNES, Franciscus (1450 – )

De divisione librorum Galeni IN: Articella seu Opus artis medicinae.

Considering the central importance of Galen's writings in medicine from the time he wrote well through the sixteenth and even the seventeenth century, and the need for physicians to make sense of such a large number o…

GMN 6813 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8976

1506 CHAMPIER, Symphorien (1472 – 1539)

De medicine claris scriptoribus in quinque partitus tractatus. In his: Libelli duo

French physician and writer Symphorien Champier's biographical study of famous medical writers, De medicine claris scriptoribus in quinque partibus tractatus, issued as part of his Libelli duo, has been called the fir…

GMN 6376 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8345

1525 GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216); TORRESANO, Andrea (Torresani, Andrea Asolano) (1451 – 1528); OPIZO, Johannes Baptista (Giovanni Baptista Oppizoni) (1485 – 1532)

Librorum pars prima [-quinta] … 5 vols.

Greek editio princeps of Galen's complete works in Greek, edited by the Paduan professor G. B. Oppizzoni [Opizo] with the help of John Clement , Edward Wotton, William Rose (ca. 1490-1525), and Thomas Lupset, all Engi…

GMN 27 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4692

1525 GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)

Peri ton idion biblion [Latin: De Libris propriis liber, On his own writings] and Peri tes taxeos ton idion biblion [Latin: De ordine librorum suorum liber, On the arrangement of his own writings]. IN: Galeni librorum pars prima-quinta, Part IV.

The extent of Claudius Galen's written work was so great that Galen himself felt the need to provide a bibliography organizing and explaining his own writings. He also felt the need to distinguish between works that h…

GMN 6815 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8978

1530 BRUNFELS, Otto (1488 – 1534)

Catalogus illustrium medicorum sive de primis medicinae scriptoribus.

The first separately published medical bibliography, containing 750 entries listing over 300 authors and their works in chronological order. Opens with an alphabetical index of authors, and ends with a subject index. …

GMN 6960 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9125

1545 –1555 GESNER, Conrad [Konrad Gessner] (1516 – 1565)

Bibliotheca universalis, sive catalogus omnium scriptorum locupletissimus, in tribus linguis. Latina, Graeca, and Hebraica. 3 vols. and appendix.

This was one of the first attempts at a universal bibliography. Unfortunately the section on medicine (liber xxi) was never published. William Osler used the Bibliotheca universalis as one of the models for his own Bi…

GMN 6743 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8124

1555 GESNER, Conrad [Konrad Gessner] (1516 – 1565)

De chirurgia scriptores optimi quique veteres et recentiores, plerique in Germania antehac non editi.

A collection made by Gesner of various surgical works by ancient and recent authors including M. A. Blondus, A. Bolognini, G. Dondi, A. Ferri, Galen, C. Gesner, J.Langius, B. Maggi, Marianus Sanctus, Oribasius, and J.…

GMN 5562 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6929

1562 GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216); GESNER, Conrad [Konrad Gessner] (1516 – 1565)

Prologomena in Galenum, in tres partes divisa IN: volume one of Cl [audius]Galen Pergameni [Opera] Omnia quae extant, in Latinum sermonem convers.

Prologomena in Galenum, in tres partes divisa written by physician, naturalist, and bibliographer, Conrad Gessner (Gesner), and issued in volume one of Cl [audius] Galeni Pergameni [Opera] Omnia, quae extant, in Latin…

GMN 6814 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8977

1572 MARTIUS, Jeremias [Hieremius] (1537 – 1585)

Catalogus bibliothecae.

The catalogue of the private library of the Augsburg physician Jeremias Martius may be the earliest printed catalogue of any private library. It is possible that only one copy survived.

GMN 8003 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10179

1590 LECOQ, Pascal [PASCHALIS GALLUS] (1567 – 1632)

Bibliotheca medica. Sive catalogus illorum, qui ex professo artem medicam in hunc usque annum scriptis illustrarunt.

The first systematic medical bibliography. Includes an annotated list of 1,224 authors writing in Latin, lists of French, German, and Italian writers, and other material. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 6743.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8127

1591 SPACH, Israel (1560 – 1610)

Nomenclator scriptorum medicorum. Hoc est: elenchus eorum qui artem medicam suis scriptis illustrarunt, secundum locos communes ipsius medicinae.

The first medical subject bibliography, arranged under very broad subject headings with indexes of authors and subjects. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

GMN 6743.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8130

1606 GUINTER VON ANDERNACH, Johannes [Johannes Guinterius; Johannes Winter; Jean Guenther] (1505 – 1574); SCHENCK VON GRAFENBERG, Johann Georg (1560 – 1620)

Gynaeciorum commentarius, de gravidarum parturientium, puerperarum & infantium, cura… Accessit elenchus auctorum in re medica cluentium, qui gynaecia scriptis clararunt & illustrarunt. Opera e studio Joan. Georgii Schenkii …

Schenck compiled the first bibliography of gynecology, entitled Pinax auctorum in re medica, Graecorum, Latinorum priscorum, Arabum Latinobarbarorum, Latinorum recentiorum, tum & peregrinis liniguis cluentium, Exstant…

GMN 6013.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7201

1637 LINDEN, Johannes Antonides van der (1609 – 1664)

De scriptis medicis, libri duo.

Van der Linden’s book was at the time of its appearance the most complete medical bibliography yet produced. He issued corrected editions in 1651 and 1662, and G.A. Mercklin published a considerably expanded version a…

GMN 6744 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8134

1654 BOREL, Pierre [BORELLUS.] (1620 – 1689)

Bibliotheca chimica. Seu catalogus liborum philosophicorum hermeticorum. In quo quatuor millia ciciter, authorem chimicorum vel de transmutatione metallorum, re minerali & arcanis, tam manuscriptorum, quam in lucem editorum, cum eorum editionibus, usque ad annum 1653 continentur.

The first independent bibliography of chemistry and alchemy, citing 4000 books and manuscripts, including authors or titles now lost or obtainable today only with great difficulty. Digital facsimile from Google Books …

GMN 12810 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15056

1655 RIOLAN, Jean The Younger (1577 – 1657)

Catalogus librorum rei medicae, herbariae, & chymiae bibliothecae Joannis Riolani medicorum Parisensium primarii.

The earliest sale catalogue of a private scientific or medical library may be that of Jean Riolan the Younger. John F. Fulton (1899-1960) owned a possibly unique copy of an inventory sale catalogue of Riolan’s library…

GMN 7121 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9288

1657 MONTALBANI, Ovidio (1602 – 1671)

Bibliotheca botanica, seu herbarijstarum scriptorum promota synodia...Ia. Antonio Bumaldo [i.e. O. Montalbani], Collectore.

The first general bibliography of botany books, including herbals. The author, a prolific writer, often wrote under the pseudonym of Antonio Bumaldo.

GMN 8855 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11033

1659 FUIREN, Thomas (1623 – 1675); FUIREN, Henrick (1614 – 1659)

Bibliotheca medical Henrici Fuiren.

Catalogue of the library of Henrick Fuiren compiled by his brother Thomas after Henrick's death. Henrick bequeathed the library to the University of Copenhagen.

GMN 13819 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16108

1665 LINDEN, Johannes Antonides van der (1609 – 1664)

Catalogus instructissimae bibliothecae...D. Johannes Antoinidae van der Linden...Professoris...in quae omne benus rariorum libris. Quorum auctio habebitur in aedibus Petri Leffen Bibliopolae.

GMN 13820 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16109

1670 BARTHOLIN, Thomas (1616 – 1680)

De bibliothecis incendio. Dissertatio ad filios.

As a result of the burning of his home and the destruction of his library, which included numerous unpublished manuscripts on a wide range of subjects, Bartholin published what was intended to be work of self-consolat…

GMN 7123 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9290

1675 COOPER, William

A catalogue of chymicall books. In three parts. In the first and second parts are contained such chymical books as have been written originally, or translated into English: with a large account of their titles, several editions and volumes. Likewise in the third part is contained a collection of such things published in the Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society (for ten years together) as pertain to Chymistry, or the study of nature by art in the animal, vegetal, and mineral kingdoms. Collected by Will. Cooper, bookseller, at the pelican in Little-Britain, London.

The first bibliography of chemistry published in England. ESTC No. 00608591. ESTC Citation No. R20346. See William Cooper's A catalogue of chymical books, 1673-88: A verified edition by Stanford J. Linden (New York: G…

GMN 8451 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10628

1679 LIPEN, Martin (1630 – 1692)

Bibliotheca realis medica, omnium materiarum, rerum, et titulorum, in universa medicina occurrentium.

The first large, well-printed bibliography of medicine, including twice as many authors as van der Linden (No. 6744). It represented an elaborate subject anaylsis, with entries arranged alphabetically by subjects, wit…

GMN 6744.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8138

1679 BLÉGNY, Nicolas de (1652 – 1722)

Les nouvelles descouvertes sur toutes les parties de la medecine. Recueillies en l'année 1679.

Blégny edited the first medical periodical published in the vernacular. To begin with it reported only the transactions of a medical society that Blégny organized. The periodical continued only until 1685, and the tit…

GMN 10958 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13154

1679 SHERLEY, Thomas (1638 – 1678)

Catalogus librorum . . . Bibliothecarum . . . Stephani Watkins . . . Thomas Sherley . . . Per Gulielmum Cooperum . . .Little Britain.

GMN 13822 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16111

1695 SCARBOROUGH, Sir Charles (1615 – 1694)

Bibliotheca mathematica & medica Scarbughiana; or, the mathematical and physical parts of the famous library of Sir Charles Scarburgh, Kn.,M.D....All curiously bound. ... will be sold by auction on Monday the 18th of this instant February

GMN 13821 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16110

1698 BERNARD, Francis (1627 – 1698)

A catalogue of the library of the late learned Dr. Francis Bernard....Which will be sold by auction at the doctor's late dwelling house in Litttle Britain; the sale to begin on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1698.

The most extensive library sold at auction in London during the seventeenth century, with almost 15,000 lots, of which only part was medical. Bernard was Physician to James II.

GMN 7124 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9291

1708 BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738)

Institutiones medicae in usus annuae exercitationis domesticos digestae.

Institutiones medicae, Boerhaave’s first book, represented lectures given by Boerhaave on June 23, 1701; it was soon being used in virtually every medical school in Europe, going though numerous authorized and unautho…

GMN 581 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/369

1710 BROWNE, Sir Thomas (1605 – 1682); BROWNE, Edward (1644 – 1708)

A catalogue of the libraries of the learned Sir Thomas Brown, and Dr. Edward Brown, his son, late President of the College of Physicians. Consisting of many very valuable and uncommon books in most faculties and languages. Chiefly in physic, chirurgery, chemistry.... Which will begin to be sold by auction, at the Black-boy Coffe house....by Thomas Ballard bookseller.

Auction catalogue of the libraries of Sir Thomas Browne and his son Dr. Edward Browne. Digital facsimile of a xerographic copy from the Hathi Trust at this link.

GMN 7122 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9289

1715 DOUGLAS, James (1675 – 1742)

Bibliographiae anatomicae specimen, sive catalogus omnium penè auctorum qui ab Hippocrate ad Harveum re anatomicam ex professo, vel obiter, scriptis illustrarunt.

The first attempt at a systematic medical bibliography. Revised edition with annotations by revisions by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (Leiden, 1734). Douglas's original autograph manuscript for the book is preserved in …

GMN 6745 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8140

1726 BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738)

Methodus discendi medicinam.

During 1710 Boerhaave lectured on the Methodus discendi medicinam. In 1726 the first edition was published from notes taken at his lectures but without his permission. Lindeboom, Bibliographia Boerhaaviana (1959) No. …

GMN 6746 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8143

1727 RIVINUS, Augustus Quirinus (August Bachmann) (1652 – 1723)

Bibliotheca Riviniana sive catalogus librorum philogico-philosophico-historicorum, itinerariorum, imprimis autem medicorum, botanicorum et historiae naturalis scriptorum & c., rariorum....vendenda in vaporario collegii rubri a die xxvii. Octobr. mdccxxvii more auctionis consueto. Praemissa est vita Rivini descripta per Geo. Sam Hermannum...catalogi autorem.

Auction catalogue of Rivinus's library by Georg Samuel Hermann. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 13407 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15679

1731 STOLLE, Gottlieb (1673 – 1744); KESTNER, Christian Wilhelm (1694 – 1747)

Anleitung zur Historie der medicinischen Gelahrheit.

A pioneer history of medical writing, for which the historian, Stolle, collaborated with the medical historian/biographer/bibliographer Kestner. Digital facsimile from the Google Books at this link.

GMN 6746.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8148

1731 MANGET, Jean-Jacques [Johann Jacob Mangetus] (1652 – 1742)

Bibliotheca scriptorum medicorum, veterum et recentiorum ... sicque historia medica vere universalis... 4 vols.

Though the title might be translated as a library of medical writings, the set is an extensive bio-bibliographical dictionary of medical writers. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 11172 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13369

1738 LINNAEUS, Carl (Linné) (1707 – 1778); ARTEDI, Peter (1705 – 1735)

Ichthyologia sive opera omnia de Piscibus....omnia in hoc genere perfectiora, quam antea ulla. Posthuma vindicavit, recognovit, coaptavit & edidit Carolus Linnaeus.

After Artedi's mysterious and premature death by drowning at the age of 30 Linnaeus raised money to pay off Artedi's creditors and obtained his papers. These he published in the present five part work. The five parts …

GMN 7112 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9279

1739 BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738)

Bibliotheca Boerhaaviana, sive catalogus librorum instructissimae bibliothecae virum summi D. Hermanni Boerhaave

Boerhaave’s library contained about 3,300 volumes on a wide range of subjects, including many outstanding illustrated works in botany and fine illustrated works on anatomy. As one would have expected, Boerhaave, the e…

GMN 7129 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9296

1740 SÉGUIER, Jean-François (1703 – 1784)

Bibliotheca botanica sive catalogus auctorum et librorum omnium qui de re botanica, de medicamentis ex vegetabilibus paratis, de re rustica, & de horticultura tractant. Accessit bibliotheca botanica Jo. Ant. Bumaldi seu potius O. Montalbani.

Organized in three parts: floras, medical botany, and horticultural and agricultural works. Séguier includes books, pamphlets, and references in the periodical literature. "The entries for the publications contain usu…

GMN 8856 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11034

1742 –1743 MEIBOM, Heinrich (1638 – 1700)

Bibliotheca Meibomiana hoc est Henrici Meibomii...supellex libraria....a Io. Nicolao Froesio. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 13442 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15714

1749 PLATNER, Johann Zacharias (1694 – 1747)

Bibliothecae Platnerianae medicae sectio prior (posterior) auctionis lege distribuenda.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 13437 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15709

1751 BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738); HALLER, Albrecht von (1708 – 1777)

Methodus studii medici emaculata & accessionibus locupletata ab Alberto ab Haller. 2 vols.

A greatly expanded version of Boerhaave's Methodus discendi medicinam (1726), resulting in a text perhaps triple or quadruple its original length. While Boerhaave frequently cited classic authors in his lectures, Hall…

GMN 6830 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8994

1753 TARIN, Pierre (1725 – 1761)

Dictionaire anatomique suivi d'une bibliothèque anatomique et physiologique.

An anatomical dictionary with most of the entries cross referenced to related structures, followed by a very extensive bibliography of anatomical and physiological works. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 7800 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9972

1754 MEAD, Richard (1673 – 1754); BAKER, Samuel (1711 – 1778)

Bibliotheca Meadiana, sive catalogus librorum Richardi Mead, M.D. qui prostabunt venales sub hasta, apud Samuelem Baker ... Londini, die lunae, 18vo. Novembris, M.DCC.LIV., iterumque die lunae, 7mo. Aprilis, M.DCC.LV.

Mead's library consisted of upwards of 10,000 printed volumes, and many rare and valuable manuscripts. The collection was especially rich in medical works, and in early editions of the classics; it realized over £5,50…

GMN 7127 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9294

1763 FALCONET, Camille (1671 – 1762)

Catalogue de la bibliotheque de feu M. Falconet, medecin consultant du roi, et doyen des médecins de la Faculté de Paris. 2 vols.

Of the 19,798 lots in the auction catalogue of Falconet's library, which at its peak contained around 60,000 volumes, there were 3,672 lots of medical books, including a major cross-section of significant medical work…

GMN 10628 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12821

1770 –1773 PORTAL, Antoine (1742 – 1832)

Histoire de l’anatomie et de la chirurgie. 6 vols.

A biobibliographical survey to 1755, including dentistry.

GMN 437.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1091

1771 –1772 HALLER, Albrecht von (1708 – 1777)

Bibliotheca botanica. 2 vols.

This was the first of the several bibliographies compiled by Haller, one of the greatest figures in the history of medicine. The work contains the most exhaustive and thorough information of the writings in the field …

GMN 1833 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2175

1771 VITET, Louis (1736 – 1809)

Médecine vétérinaire. 3 vols. Tome premier, contenant l'exposition de la structure & les fonctions du cheval & du boeuf. Tome second, contenant l'exposition des maladies du cheval, du boeuf, de la brebis &c. Tome troisieme, contenant l'exposition des médicaments nécessaires au maréchal, & l'analyse des auteurs qui ont écrit sur l'art vétérinaire, depuis Végece jusqu'à nos jours.

Vitet was a medical doctor who later became mayor of Lyon. Baas, Outlines of the history of medicine III, 716 writes that he "introduced the experimental method into veterinary medicine." Volume 3 contains both an ana…

GMN 10131 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12320

1774 –1777 HALLER, Albrecht von (1708 – 1777)

Bibliotheca anatomica. 2 vols.

Haller is one of the greatest names in medical bibliography. While pursuing his monumental scientific career he found time to compile bibliographies of botany, anatomy, medicine and surgery which together form the mos…

GMN 438 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1094