1983 –1994 HALLER, Albrecht von (1708 – 1777); MONTI, Maria Teresa
Catalogo del fondo Haller della Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense di Milano, edited by Maria Teresa Monti. Parte prima: Libri, vol. I-III (t. I-II). Parte seconda: Dissertazioni, vol. I-V, Parte terza: libri delle biblioteche lombarde, vol. I-II (t. I-II), Indici. 13 vols.
Haller's library, which comprises 15,000 volumes and 145 manuscripts, was purchased in 1778 by order of Emperor Joseph II, son of Maria Theresa of Austria, and donated to the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense in Milan.
GMN 6936 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9101
1983 BOUSFIELD, Wendy
Catalogue of the Maurice M. and Jean H. Tinterow collection of works on mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnotism.
GMN 8612 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10789
1983 WELLS, Ellen B.
Scientists’ libraries: A handlist of printed sources.
Includes references to the libraries of many physicians. Digital text available from historyofscience.com at this link.
GMN 10811 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13007
1986 WYGANT, Larry J.; BLOCKER, Truman Graves Jr. (1809 – 1984)
The Truman G. Blocker, Jr. history of medicine collections: Books and manuscripts
Describes approximately 13,000 books chiefly acquired for the Moody Medical Library by Truman G. Blocker, Jr. Includes the Alfred H. Whittacker library on the history of occupational medicine..
GMN 6786.31 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8407
1986 ELMER, Peter; WEBSTER, John (1610 – 1682)
The library of Dr. John Webster: The making of a seventeenth century radical. Medical History supplement no. 6. Edited by Peter Elmer.
GMN 11518 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13717
1987 HOFFMAN, Mary Ann (1924 – 2016); MCFARLAND, Ross A. (1901 – 1976)
Ross A. McFarland collection in aerospace medicine and human factors engineering. Catalogue of the library.
GMN 8671 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10848
1989 HOOKE, Robert (1635 – 1703); ROSTENBERG, Leona (1908 – 2005)
The library of Robert Hooke: The scientific book trade of Restoration England.
Reprints the auction catalogue of Hooke's library: Bibliotheca Hookiana (1703).
GMN 8753 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10931
c. 1990 WOOD, Casey Albert (1856 – 1942)
Casey A. Wood Collection: Complete inventory list. P145.
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/33597385/casey-a-wood-collection-osler-library-archives-mcgill-university "This is a guide to one of the collections held by the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill …
GMN 13586 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15864
1991 EIMAS, Richard; MARTIN, John (1904 – 1996)
Heirs of Hippocrates. The development of medicine in a catalogue of historic books in the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, The University of Iowa
Describes with detailed historical notes over 2300 books in the John Martin Rare Book Room, chiefly donated to the library by John Martin (1904-1996). The books are arranged chronologically by date of the author’s bir…
GMN 6786.35 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8417
1991 HOOK, Diana Hainault (1955 – ); NORMAN, Jeremy Michael (1945 – )
The Haskell F. Norman library of science and medicine. 2 vols.
Fully annotated descriptions, mostly with complete collations, paginations, and plate counts, of 2600 classics covering the spectrum of the sciences, emphasizing medicine, from circa 1470 to 1950, in the library of Ha…
GMN 6786.36 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8422
1993 WALLER, Erik Axel (1875 – 1955); BERETTA, Marco (1962 – )
A history of non-printed science. A select catalogue of the Waller Collection.
Describes elements of the Waller Collection not covered in Sallander's 2-volume catalogue of the books. Erik Waller assembled the largest library of the history of medicine and science of any 20th century collector. T…
GMN 7041 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9208
1994 SMIRL, Warren G. ( – 2000)
The medical library of Warren G. Smirl, M.D.,S.C.
GMN 13892 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16184
1995 LAVOISIER, Antoine Laurent de (1743 – 1794); BERETTA, Marco (1962 – )
Bibliotheca Lavoisieriana: The catalogue of the library of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier.
GMN 9572 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11759
1996 BECKER, Bernard (1920 – 2013)
The Bernard Becker collection in ophthalmology. An annotated catalogue. Third edition, compiled by Lilla Wechsler, Christopher Hoolihan, Mark F. Weimer.
GMN 7012 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9178
1998 MANFRON, Anna; FABBRI, Pier Giovanni (1941 – ); MARCO DA RIMINI, Giovanni di ( – 1474)
La biblioteca di un medico del quattrocento. I codici di Giovanni di Marco da Rimini nella Bibliotheca Malatestiana. A cura di Anna Manfron ; saggi di Pier Giovanni Fabbri ... [et al.] ; fotografie di Ivano Giovannimi.
On his death in 1474 Giovanni di Marco da Rimini, physician to Malatesta Novello, bequeathed his library of medical manuscripts to the recently established Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena, Italy. Giovanni's library,…
GMN 6827 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8991
2000 RADBILL, Samuel X. (1901 – 1987); GUELLE, Laura Ann
Catalogue of the Samuel X. Radbill pediatric historical library of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
GMN 8664 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10841
2001 –2008 HOOLIHAN, Christopher; ATWATER, Edward Congdon (1926 – 2019)
An annotated catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater collection of American popular medicine and health reform. 3 vols.
GMN 7524 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9696
2001 FRIEDMAN, Meyer (1910 – 2001)
The medical library of Dr. Meyer Friedman.
Friedman's library, containing copies of many great medical classics, was sold at auction by Sotheby's in New York, on November 16, 2001.
GMN 12975 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15223
2003 FLAMM, Eugene Sommer (1937 – )
The dawn of neurosurgery. Rare books from the collection of Eugene S. Flamm.
GMN 8907 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11085
2004 MORMAN, Edward T.; MCKENZIE, Joan; SADOFF, Robert Leslie (1936 – 2017)
Catalog of the Robert L. Sadoff Library of Forensic Psychiatry and Legal Medicine.
Sadoff donated this library of about 4,000 items to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 2004.
GMN 8723 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10901
2006 NEVILLE, Roy G. (1926 – 2007)
The Roy G. Neville historical chemical library: An annotated catalogue of printed books on alchemy, chemistry, chemical technology, and related subjects. 2 vols.
GMN 11227 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13424
2006 PAULING, Linus Carl (1901 – 1994); PAULING, Ava Helen (1903 – 1981)
The Pauling catalogue. Ava Helen and Linus Pauling papers at Oregon State University. Edited by Christoffer Petersen and Cliff Mead. 6 vols.
Vol. 1. Timeline, correspondence, publications, manuscripts & typescripts of articles, speechs, and books. Vol. 2. Science, Research Notebooks. 1917 Linus Pauling Diary. Vol. 3. Peace, Ava Helen Pauling, travel, honor…
GMN 13094 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15346
2006 FREUD, Sigmund (1856 – 1939); FICHTNER, Gerhard (1932 – 2012); DAVIES, J. Keith
Freud's library: A comprehensive catalogue / Freuds Bibliothek: Vollständiger Katalog compiled and edited by J. Keith Davies and Gerhard Fichtner. Introductory volume and CD-ROM.
In January 2022 when I wrote this entry the English language text of this catalogue (dated 2004) was available as a PDF at this link.
GMN 13771 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16058
2007 NORMAN, Jeremy Michael (1945 – ); EDELL, Dean (1941 – )
Anatomy as art: The Dean Edell collection.
Extensively annotated and well-illustrated catalogue of books, prints, sculptures, and anatomical models from the 15th to 20th centuries, written by Jeremy Norman for the auction sale of Dean Edell's library sold at C…
GMN 6977 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9143
2007 GUERRA PÉREZ-CARRAL, Francisco (1916 – 2011); TORRES SANTO DOMINGO, Marta
Una biblioteca ejemplar: Tesoros de la Colección Francisco Guerra en la Biblioteca Complutense
GMN 13320 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15587
2008 GESNER, Conrad [Konrad Gessner] (1516 – 1565)
Conrad Gessner's Private Library by Urs B. Leu, Raffael Keller and Sandra Weidmann.
Includes a study of Gessner's library in the context of libraries in 16th-century Zurich, and a catalogue of the library, with listings of lost books and lost manuscripts, known from Gessner's correspondence or from a…
GMN 6948 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9113
2008 FLAMM, Eugene Sommer (1937 – )
From skulls to brains: 2500 years of neurosurgical progress.
An annotated exhibition catalogue of rare books on the history of neurological surgery from Eugene Flamm's library.
GMN 8908 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11086
2008 SLOANE, Sir Hans (1660 – 1753)
The Sloane Printed Books catalogue.
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/sloane/ "The Sloane Printed Books catalogue lists books which belonged to Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753). Bibliographical records are enhanced with Sloane's own numbers or other identifying ma…
GMN 9916 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12104
2009 GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)
Galen and the world of knowledge. Edited by Christopher Gill, Tim Whitmarsh and John Wilkins.
Among the numerous essays in this volume are those by Vivian Nutton on Galen's Library and on Galen's bibiography of his own writings by Jason König.
GMN 10075 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12264
2011 FLAMM, Eugene Sommer (1937 – )
Printing and the brain of man.
Annotated catalogue of an exhibition of rare books in the history of neuroanatomy and neurosurgery from Eugene Flamm's library, including many great classics.
GMN 8906 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11084
2013 MILETTO, Gianfranco
La biblioteca di Avraham ben David Portaleone Secondo L'inventario della sua eredita.
An attempt to reconstruct the library of Avraham Portaleone (1542-1612) of Mantua, physician to the ducal house of Gonzaga, on the basis of two interesting inventories, including a Hebrew list of 1585 and an inventory…
GMN 7527 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9699
2013 GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216); NUTTON, Vivian (1943 – ); DAVIES, Daniel; SINGER, Peter N.
Galen's psychological writings: Avoiding distress, Character traits, The diagnosis and treatment of the affections and errors peculiar to each person's soul, The capacites of the soul depend upon the mixtures of the body. Edited by P. N. Singer. Translated with introductions and notes by Vivian Nutton, Daniel Davies and P. N. Singer.
In 2005 a long lost treatise by Galen, entitled Περι αλυπιας (Avoiding distress), was discovered in the Monastery of the Vlatades (Moni Vlatadon) in Thessaloniki, central Macedonia, Greece. The manuscript, identified …
GMN 7691 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9863
2013 WILMER, William Holland (1863 – 1936); SEMBA, Richard David; SMETS, Kristine
A perfect vision: Catalogue of the William Holland Wilmer rare book collection
GMN 8760 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10938
2014 PAPPAS, Dennis G.
An annotated bibliography of the Dennis G. Pappas Otolaryngology Collection at the Reynolds Historical Library.
Digital edition available from https://library.uab.edu/images/reynolds-finley/collections/otolaryngology/pappas-annotated-bibliography.pdf
GMN 11157 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13354
2015 WAGNER, Bettina; SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440 – 1514)
Worlds of learning. The library and world chronicle of the Nuremberg physician Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514). Edited by the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
Schedel's library, mostly preserved at the Bayerisches Staatsbibliothek, is the most extensive and multifaceted surviving private library of a fifteenth-century German collector. According to Schedel's original manusc…
GMN 6939 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9104
2015 HUNTER, William (1718 – 1783); HANCOCK, E. Geoffrey; PEARCE, Nick; CAMPBELL, Mungo
William Hunter's world: The art and science of eighteenth-century collecting.
Authoritative illustrated chapters on aspects of Hunter's collecting, including anatomy, zoology, entomology, fossils, numismatics, paintings, drawings, printed books and manuscripts. A collective work edited by Hanco…
GMN 7582 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9754
2019 PORTER, James W.
The professional library of James W. Porter on corals and coral reefs.
GMN 11804 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14006
2021 DILAURA, David L.
Bibliotheca Opticoria 1475-1925: A library on the history of our understanding of light and vision.
GMN 13724 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16008
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