Author: John Crerar Library

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-04-27

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 9780365954118

Excerpt from The John Crerar Library: A List of Books Exhibited December 30, 1907-January 4, 1908, Including Incunabula and Other Early Printed Books in the Senn Collection The present list, the seventh of this Library's bibliographical publications, is chiefly 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. To the short time in which the list has to be prepared should also be charged such inconsistencies and other inadvertencies as may remain in spite Of all efforts to eradicate them. Needed alterations will be made in the complete list Of the 1sth and l6th century books in the Senn Collection, which is in course of preparation though it may not be issued for some time. Inconsistencies in the second part are due to the fact that changes in the cataloguing rules of the Library have been made from time to time, while it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.