Bibliotheca vniuersalis ...
Published: 1545
Place of publication: Tigvri
Language: lat
Subjects: Universal bibliography; Bio-bibliography; Latin literature; Bibliography; Greek literature; Hebrew literature
Notes: First edition.

Comprises (1) an author list, complemented by (2) a classed list, "Pandectarvm sive partitionum uniuersalium Conradi Gesneri ... libri XXI" (i.e. 19; no. 20, "De re medica", was never published, while no. 21, "De theologia christiania", was issued in 1549 under title (3) "Partitiones theologicae, Pandectarum vniuersalium Conradi Gesneri liber ultimus".)  The whole is supplemented by (4) "Appendix Bibliothecae Conradi Gesneri", 1555.

(1) Bibliotheca vniuersalis, siue Catalogus omnium scriptorum locupletissimus, in tribus linguis, latina, graeca, & hebraica : extantium & non extantiũ, ueterum & recentiorum in hunc usq[ue] diem, doctorum & indoctorum, publicatorum & in bibliothecis latentium. Opus nouum, & nõ bibliothecis tantum publicis priuatisue instituendis necessarium, sed studiosis omnibus cuiuscunq[ue] artis aut scientiae ad studia melius formanda utilissimum : authore conrado Gesnero ... Tigvri, apvd. C. Froschouerum, 1545. 7 p. l., 631 numb. l.

(3) Pandectarvm sive partitionum uniuersalium Conradi Gesneri ... libri XXI ... Tigvri, C. Froschouerus, 1548. 6 p. l., 374 numb. l., 1 l. "Ad lectores. Secvndvs hic Bibliothecae nostrae tomus est, totius philosophiae & omnium bonarum artium atu[ue] studiorum locos communes & ordines uniuersales simul & particulares complectens."

(4) Parititiones theologicae, Pandectarum vniuersalium Conradi Gesneri liber ultimus ... Accedit Index alphabeticus praesenti libro & superioribus XIX. communis, qui tertij tomi olim promissi uicem explebit. Tiguri, C. Froschouerus, 1549. 8 p. l., 157 numb. l., (26) p. "Ad lectorem. Pandectis nostris siue secundo Bibliothecae tomo, cuius libri XIX. nuper editi sunt, sacrosanctam theologiam ... totius operis colophonem hic adiungimus, medicinales etiam partitiones que sloae restant, aliàs seorsim ... locupletissimas edituri ... "

(2) Appendix Bibliothecae Conradi Gesneri ... Tigvri, apvd C. Froschovervm, 1555. 8 p. l., 105 numb. l., 1 l. This incorporates the additions contained in the abridgments of 1551 (Lycosthenes, Elenchus scriptorum omnium) and 1555 (Simler, Epitome Bibliothecae Conradi Gesneri)