1872 DENONVILLIERS, Charles-Pierre (1808 – 1872)
Catalogue des livres de médecine et de chirurgie composant la bibliothèque de feu de M. de Docteur Denonvilliers.
GMN 13490 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15764
1872 DANYAU, Antoine Constant (1803 – 1871)
Catalogue des livres anciens et modernes rare et curieux composant la bibliothèque de feu M. le Docteur Danyau.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 13491 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15765
1878 BERNARD, Claude (1813 – 1878)
Catalogue des livres composant la bibliothèque scientifique de Claude Bernard.
Auction catalogue of Bernard's library conducted by Bernard's publisher and bookseller, J.-B Baillière et Fils. The sale, conducted over 4 days, included 1077 lots. Most were books published during Bernard's lifetime.…
GMN 11427 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13626
1879 PIFFARD, Henry Granger (1842 – 1910)
Bibliotheca dermatologica. Catalogue of cutaneous literature in the library of Henry G. Piffard.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 13855 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16145
1881 GOULD, John (1804 – 1881)
Catalogue of the ornithological library of the late John Gould.
GMN 13425 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15697
1891 BOLTON, Henry Carrington (1843 – 1903)
Catalogue of works on alchemy and chemistry. Exhibited at The Grolier Club, 29 East 32d St. New York, Jan. 16th to Jan. 26th, 1891.
This appears to be the second catalogue of a U.S. exhibition of rare books on any scientific subject, following John Shaw Billing's catalogue of his exhibition of books from the Army Medical Library at Johns Hopkins H…
GMN 13573 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15851
1899 FERRARI DA GRADI, Giovanni Matteo [Ferrarius, Johannes Matthaeus, de Gradibus, de Grado] (1392 – 1472); FERRARI, Henri-Maxime (1873 – 1901)
Une chaire de médecine au XVe siècle. Un professeur à l'Université de Pavie de 1432 à 1472 avec un fac-simile d'autographe et cinq gravures
Biography, case records, and annotated list of Ferrari da Gradi's library. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 13420 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15692
1901 HIRSCHBERG, Julius (1843 – 1925)
Katalog der Bücher-Sammlung von J. Hirschberg. (Vom Verfasser Überreicht.)
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 13429 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15701
1906 YOUNG, James (1811 – 1883); FERGUSON, John (1837 – 1916)
Bibliotheca chemica: A catalogue of the alchemical, chemical and pharmaceutical books in the collection of the late James Young of Kelly and Durris....by John Ferguson. 2 vols.
One of the great landmarks of descriptive scientific bibliography. With bibliographical details of each work, biographical notices of each writer, and exhaustive lists of references in chronological order, its scope a…
GMN 8473 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10650
1908 HUNTER, William (1718 – 1783); YOUNG, John (1835 – 1902); AITKEN, Patrick Henderson
A catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of the Hunterian Museum in the University of Glasgow. Planned and begun by the late John Young...Continued and completed under the direction of the Young Memorial Committee by P. Henderson Aitken.
Catalogue of the manuscripts collected and bequeathed to the University of Glasgow by William Hunter (1718-83), now in the Hunterian Collection, University of Glasgow Library. The catalogue provides full descriptions …
GMN 6768.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8247
1908 DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882)
Catalogue of the Library of Charles Darwin now in the Botany School, Cambridge, compiled by H. W. Rutherford, with an introduction by Francis Darwin.
See also the digital edition and virtual reconstruction of the surviving books owned by Charles Darwin from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link. This BHL special collection draws on original copies and surr…
GMN 7094 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9261
1911 CORPUT, Édouard van den (1821 – 1908)
Curiosités sur la médecine et la vie privée aux XVIe, XVIIe, XVIIIe siècles. Bibliothèque de feu M. le Dr. Van den Corput de Bruxelles.
Bibliotheca Osleriana 6989.
GMN 13832 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16122
1914 CARBONELLI, Giovanni (1859 – )
Bibliographia medica typographica pedemontana saeculorum XV et XVI. A Iohanne Carboneli medico doctore collecta in qua non tantum auctorum nomina sed etiam fere omnium operum inscriptiones eadem forma mensuraque relatae inveniuntur. Cum appendicibus et explanationibus atque indicibus copiosissimis.
GMN 11429 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13628
1918 PILCHER, Lewis Stephen (1845 – 1934)
A list of books by some of the old masters of medicine and surgery together with books on the history of medicine and on medical biography in the possession of Lewis Stephen Pilcher with biographical and bibliographical notes and reproductions of some title pages and captions.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 8742 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10920
1922 GOODYER, John (1592 – 1664); GUNTHER, Robert William Theodore (1869 – 1940); TRADESCANT, John The Elder (1575 – 1638)
Early British botanists and their gardens, based on unpublished writings of Goodyer, Tradescant, and others
Most of this book concerns John Goodyer, his life, his garden, a detailed 40-page catalogue of Goodyer's library, Goodyer's list of plants, lists of plants grown in English gardens, etc. Digital facsimile from Google …
GMN 12001 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14209
1924 KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943); KRIEGER, Louis Charles Christopher (1873 – 1940)
Catalogue of the mycological library of Howard A. Kelly. Compiled by Louis C. C. Krieger.
The catalogue was prepared for Kelly by Louis Krieger, an eminent mycologist and botanical illustrator. Entries for this library were not numbered; however in his introduction Kelly stated that the library "herewith c…
GMN 11226 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13423
1925 CRUMMER, Le Roy (1872 – 1934); CRUMMER, Myrtle A. Kelly
A list of old medical books, books on the history of medicine, and medical bibliography, and a list of medical portraits, in the posession [sic] of Le Roy Crummer. Together with some bibliographical notes
GMN 11426 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13625
1927 CRUMMER, Le Roy (1872 – 1934); CRUMMER, Myrtle A. Kelly
A catalogue of manuscripts and medical books printed before 1640 in the library of Le Roy Crummer
The collection was mostly bequeathed to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. See also A Doctor's Odyssey: A Sentimental Record of Le Roy Crummer: Physician, Author, Bibliophile, Artist in Living, 1872-1934, by Alex …
GMN 6947 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9112
1927 OLIVIER, Eugène (1881 – 1864); VIALET, Gonzague (1872 – 1939)
Essai de repertoire des ex-libris et fers de reliure des medecins et des pharmaciens français. Préface de ... Laignel-Lavastine.
GMN 9622 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11809
1929 OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919); MALLOCH, Archibald (1887 – 1953); FRANCIS, William Willoughby (1878 – 1959); HILL, Reginald Harrison (1894 – 1976); MACKALL, Leonard (1879 – 1937)
Bibliotheca Osleriana. A catalogue of books illustrating the history of medicine and science, collected, arranged and annotated by Sir William Osler, Bt. and bequeathed to McGill University. [Edited by . W. W. Francis, R. H. Hill, Leonard Mackall, and Archibald Malloch.]
This bibliography of over 7,500 titles, edited by W. W. Francis, R. H. Hill, Leonard Mackall, and Archibald Malloch, is the catalogue of Osler’s magnificent library. For it Osler wrote an unfinished Introduction entit…
GMN 6772 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8274
1930 HUNTER, William (1718 – 1783); FERGUSON, Mungo (1875 – 1924)
The printed books in the library of the Hunterian Museum in the University of Glasgow. A catalogue by Mungo Ferguson.
Catalogue of the printed books in the celebrated library formed by William Hunter (1718-83), now called the Hunterian Collection, at the University of Glasgow Library. The catalogue was actually printed in 1916, well …
GMN 6772.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8280
1936 JUSSIEU, Antoine Laurent de (1748 – 1836); JUSSIEU, Bernard de (1699 – 1777); JUSSIEU, Antoine de (1686 – 1758); JUSSIEU, Adrien-Henri de (1797 – 1853)
Catalogue de livres et autographes provenant en majeur partie des bibliothèques d'Antoine, Bernard, Antoine-Laurent et Adrien de Jussieu, démonstrateurs et professeurs au Jardin du Roi, Membres de l'Institut 1686-1853. Voyages - Médecine - Sciences - Litérature - Sciences naturelles et principalement botanique....
Remarkably, many of the treasures of the Jussieu dynastic library, formed starting in the 18th century, remained in the family, and were sold at auction in Paris by Edouard Giard and Georges Andrieux on 10 February 19…
GMN 12974 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15222
1938 MÜNZER, Hieronymus (1437 – 1508); GOLDSCHMIDT, Ernst Philip (1887 – 1954)
Hieronymus Münzer und seine Bibliothek
GMN 13886 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16176
1939 –1941 KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943); LANTZ, Walter Dewey (1906 – )
The Dr. Howard A. Kelly library catalogue
Parts 1-6.
GMN 13432 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15704
1941 MITCHELL, Silas Weir (1829 – 1914)
Library of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell author of Hugh Wynne. Books autographs, prints, and historical relics. To be sold at unrestricted public sale on Monday, May 19th, 1941.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 13889 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16179
1943 CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
The Harvey Cushing collection of books and manuscripts.
Catalogue, without annotations, of the books and manuscripts bequeathed by Cushing to the Historical Library in the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library at Yale University School of Medicine. Much like Osler, Cushing colle…
GMN 6779 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8305
1943 PUTTI, Vittorio (1880 – 1940); MARINIS, Tamarro de (1878 – 1969)
La raccolta Vittorio Putti; antiche opere di medicina manoscritte e stampate lasciate all'Istituto Rizzoli di Bologna, compiled by Tamarro de Marinis.
Description of the 1158 manuscripts and printed volumes, particularly concerning medieval and renaissance medicine and surgery, donated by Putti to the Rizzoli Institute, followed by a listing of the collection of med…
GMN 6937 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9102
1943 –1955 FERGUSON, John (1837 – 1916)
Catalogue of the Ferguson collection of books mainly relating to alchemy, chemistry, witchcraft and gypsies in the Library of the University of Glasgow. 2 vols. including Supplement (1955).
Due to wartime paper rationing only 40 copies of the first printing of the catalogue were published when it was issued in 1943; it was reprinted in the 21st century. Ferguson is best known as the author of the extensi…
GMN 11332 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13530
1947 SCHULLIAN, Dorothy May (1906 – 1989); POL, Nicolaus (1467 – 1532); FISCH, Max Harold (1900 – 1995)
Nicolaus Pol Doctor 1494 by Max H. Fisch. With a critical text of his guaiac tract, edited with a translation by Dorothy M. Schullian.
The 1494 in the title comes from the year in which Pol became a physician, and his habit of writing his name and that date in his books. The volume includes a study of books from Nicolaus Pol's library in Cleveland an…
GMN 6940 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9105
1949 DUVEEN, Denis Ian (1910 – 1992); KLICKSTEIN, Herbert S.
Bibliotheca chemica et alchemica. An annotated catalogue of printed books on alchemy, chemistry and cognate subjects.
Though he was not credited on the title page, most of this catalogue was written by Herbert S. Klickstein, working for the collector, Denis Duveen.
GMN 11228 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13425
1949 BROWN, Alfred Jerome (1878 – 1960)
The fine library of a surgical historian, sold by order of Alfred Brown, M.D.
Auction catalogue of Brown's library, comprising 291 lots.
GMN 11428 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13627
1952 –1959 SOWERBY, Emily Millicent (1883 – 1977); JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743 – 1826)
Catalogue of the library of Thomas Jefferson. Compiled with annotations by E. Millicent Sowerby. 5 vols.
This fully annotated catalogue of nearly 5000 items from the library of the U.S. President, while unillustrated, is perhaps the finest and most detailed annotated bibliographical catalogue of the library of any scient…
GMN 11439 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13638
1952 WEINBERGER, Bernhard Wolf (1885 – 1960)
The superb library of Bernhard W. Weinberger, D.D.S., on the history and folklore of dentistry. With a preface by Curt Proskaur.
GMN 13441 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15713
1955 SALLANDER, Hans (1903 – 1983); WALLER, Erik Axel (1875 – 1955)
Bibliotheca Walleriana. The books illustrating the history of medicine and science and bequeathed to the library of the Royal University of Uppsala. 2 vols.
Details 23,000 printed items, including 150 incunabula. The catalogue does not include Erik Waller’s vast collection of autographs and manuscripts also preserved in Uppsala.
GMN 6786.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8331
1959 HENKLE, Hermann Henry (1900 – 1987)
Catalogue of the Clifford G. Grulee collection on pediatrics.
4404 entries. The rare books formerly in the John Crerar Library are now in the Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago.
GMN 6357.01 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8203
1960 ORR, Hiram Winnett (1877 – 1956); PRIME, L. Marguerite
A catalogue of the H. Winnett Orr historical collection and other rare books in the library of the American College of Surgeons.
Describes 2289 rare books primarily concerning surgery, military medicine, and orthopaedics, donated by H.Winnett Orr (1877-1956).
GMN 6786.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8333
1960 SMITH, Edgar Fahs (1854 – 1928)
Catalog of the Edgar Fahs Smith memorial collection in the history of chemistry.
Catalogue of the collection formed by Smith, provost of the University of Pennsylvania. The collection was augmented by the university after its donation by Smith.
GMN 11433 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13632
1964 KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887 – 1982)
Bibliotheca bibliographici.
GMN 8681 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10858
1965 LOCKE, John (1632 – 1704); HARRISON, John R.; LASLETT, Peter (1915 – 2001)
The library of John Locke by John R. Harrison and Peter Laslett.
GMN 7125 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9292
1967 JUNG, Carl Gustav (1875 – 1961); DIE BIBLIOTHEKSKIMMISSION
C. G. Jung Bibliothek Katalog by Die Bibliothekskimmission.
GMN 11492 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13691
1968 –1994 THOMAS, Martha Lou; REYNOLDS, Lawrence (1889 – 1961)
Rare books and collections of the Reynolds Historical Library. A bibliography. 2 vols. First volume by Martha Lou Thomas.
Vol. 1 describes 5119 rare books, manuscripts, and medieval anatomical mannequins donated by Lawrence Reynolds; includes some fine color plates. Vol. 2 contains material collected for the Reynolds Library after Reynol…
GMN 6786.14 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8367
1969 –1975 COLE, Francis Joseph (1872 – 1959); EALES, Nellie Barbara (1889 – 1989)
The Cole Library of early medicine and zoology. Catalogue of books and pamphlets. 2 parts.
The library of F.J. Cole (see No. 356). Part 1: 1472-1800 to the present day and Supplement to Part 1.
GMN 6786.15 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8371
1973 BAILEY, Percival (1892 – 1973); CAIN, Alexander M.
The Percival Bailey collection of neurology & psychiatry.
GMN 8620 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10797
1976 PEUCER, Caspar (1525 – 1602); KOLB, Robert (1941 – )
Caspar Peucer's library: Portrait of a Wittenberg professor of the mid-sixteenth century
GMN 13064 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15316
1977 BEDFORD, Brigadier Davis Evan (1898 – 1978)
The Evan Bedford library of cardiology. Catalogue of books, pamphlets and journals.
Descriptions of 1112 items, many with very informative annotations by Bedford, who donated his collection to the Royal College of Physicians. In addition to his clinical and research work in cardiology Bedford was an …
GMN 3161.42 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4105
1978 COURVILLE, Cyril Brian (1900 – 1968); COOPER, William Conrad (1931 – 2006); THOMAS, M. L. Manson
Catalog of works in the neurological sciences collected by Cyril Brian Courville, representative of clinical neurology, neuroanatomy, and neuropathology with particular reference to head trauma.
GMN 8775 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10953
1978 HARRISON, John R.; NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1643 – 1727)
The library of Sir Isaac Newton
GMN 13414 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15686
1979 MONRO, Alexander, Secundus (1733 – 1817); MONRO, Alexander, Primus (1697 – 1767); TAYLOR, Douglass W.; MONRO, Alexander, Tertius (1773 – 1859)
The Monro collection in the Medical Library of the University of Otago: A descriptive catalogue with annotations and introduction
Scottish army surgeon John Monro (1670-1740) initiated a series of events that lead to the establishment of a dynasty which, beginning with his son Alexander Monro, changed the course of medical teaching and learning.…
GMN 8772 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10950
1981 PYBUS, Frederick Charles (1882 – 1975); EMMERSON, Joan Stuart
Catalogue of the Pybus collection of medical books, letters and engravings, 15th-20th centuries.
Describes the collection of 2305 classics in the history of medicine formed by Frederick C. Pybus (1883-1975), giving pagination and plate counts. Also included are annotated descriptions of 158 autograph letters by p…
GMN 6786.24 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8391
1981 EDELSTEIN, Sidney Milton (1912 – 1994)
Catalog of the Sidney M Edelstein collection of the history of chemistry, dyeing & technology. Compiled by Moshe Ron.
GMN 13495 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15769
