Conrad Gessner's private library
By: by Urs B. Leu, Raffael Keller, and Sandra Weidmann.
Contributors: Keller, Raffael.; Weidmann, Sandra.; Gesner, Konrad, 1516-1565.
Series: History of science and medicine library -- v. 5
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9789004167230
Subjects: Gesner, Konrad, -- 1516-1565 -- Library -- Catalogs; Gesner, Konrad, -- 1516-1565 -- Books and reading; Gesner, Konrad, -- 1516-1565 -- Library; Private libraries -- Switzerland -- Zurich -- Catalogs; Early printed books -- Switzerland -- Zurich -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; Manuscripts -- Switzerland -- Zurich -- Catalogs; Libraries -- Switzerland -- History -- 16th century; Libraries -- Switzerland -- Catalogs; Bibliography as Topic -- Switzerland; History, 16th Century -- Switzerland; Libraries -- history -- Switzerland; Manuscripts as Topic -- Switzerland; Physicians -- history -- Switzerland
Genres: Catalogs.; Bibliography
Description: An annotated library catalog.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Libraries in 16th-century Zurich; title: The history of Gessner's library; title: The contents of the library; title: Catalogue; title: List A. Lost books; title: List B. Lost and extant manuscripts.