BIBLIOTHECA MEDICA NEERLANDICA. Catalogus librorum quos collegit Societas Neerlandica ad promovendam artem medicam [1849-1930] ... Catalogus van de bibliotheek der Nederlandsche Maatschappij tot Bevordering der Geneeskunst, in bruikleen vereenigd met de bibliotheek der Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam ,: Internationaal Antiquariaat (Menno Hertzberger),, 1930.. xvi, 659; pp. Large 4to (24 x 30 cm.). Original blue publisher's buckram. With plates (some coloured), portaits and text illustrations. ¶ A magnificent, classified and chronological arranged, catalogue - comprising avout 22000 entries - of the Library of the Dutch Society for the Advancement of Medicine (housed in the Amsterdam University Library), one of the finest of its kind. This library was founded in 1849 and, ultimately, reached an incredible degree of completeness. Instrumental in foundation this library were the efforts of Jan Pieter Heije (1809-1876), physician, politician, poet and (co)-founder of the "Vereeniging voor Ziekenverpleging", better known as the "Prinsengracht Ziekenhuis". The Bibliotheca Medica Neerlandica comprises: 1) Works on medicine by Dutch authors; 2) Medical works of foreign authors (including translations) - printed in the Netherlands or in the Dutch overseas territories; 3) All writings on medicine concerning the Netherlands and their overseas territories, and is concluded with an index. A major bibliographical tool for libraries, collectors and antiquarian booksellers alike. Two supplement volumes wh