Conrad Gessner's Private Library

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-16723-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 712 g

Reihe: History of Science and Medicine Library

The Swiss physician and polymath Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) was one of the most prominent scientists of the early modern period and wrote numerous important works. During the last two decades were discovered nearly 400 titles from his private library. They give an interesting insight into his interests and his sources. The present book contains not only an introduction and a catalogue of these books, but also inventories of the lost works as well as the still extant and lost manuscripts possessed by Gessner. They open the door to Gessner's study and to the intellectual world of a fascinating Renaissance scholar.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leu, Urs

Keller, Raffael

Weidmann, Sandra

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenreproduktion, Verbreitung, Genetik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierethologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierpathologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations

1. Libraries in 16th-Century Zürich
2. The History of Gessner’s Library
3. The Contents of the Library
4. Catalogue
5. List A: Lost Books
6. List B: Lost and Extant Manuscripts

Indexes
Index of persons (to Chapters 1 to 3)
Indexes to the Catalogue

Über Autor(innen)

Urs B. Leu, Dr. phil. (1990) in History, University of Zurich, is Director of the Rare Book Department of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. He has published numerous publications on Conrad Gessner and the Swiss reformation including Heinrich Bullingers Privatbibliothek (TVZ, 2004).

Raffael Keller, M.A. (1998) in Chinese and Japanese Studies, Humboldt University Berlin, is scientific librarian in the Rare Book Department of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. He has published on Chinese literature and contributed to the Oxford Companion to the Book (forthcoming).

Sandra Weidmann, librarian in the Rare Book Department of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich published together with Urs B. Leu Heinrich Bullingers Privatbibliothek (TVZ, 2004).