Bibliotheca vniuersalis, siue Catalogus omnium scriptorum locupletissimus : in tribus linguis, Latina, Græca, & Hebraica: extantium et non extantiu[m], ueterum & recentiorum in hunc usq[ue] diem, doctorum et indoctorum, publicatorum et in bibliothecis latentium. ... / authore Conrado Gesnero Tigurino doctore medico.

Bibliotheca universalis

Catalogus omnium scriptorum locupletissimus

Tiguri : Apud Christophorum Froschouerum, Mense Septembri, Anno M.D. XLV.

18 unnumbered pages, 631 leaves : coat of arms ; folio

Adams, G516

VD 16 G 1698

Signatures: *⁸ A⁶ B⁴ a-z⁸ A-Z⁸ Aa-Zz⁸ aa-zz⁸ AA-MM⁸ NN⁸ ( -NN8; *8 blank).

Printer's device on t.p. With full page woodcut armorial illustration on verso of leaf [7]. Woodcut initials.

Includes index.

The first "universal" bibliography, that is, an international bibliography of authors who wrote in the learned languages, arranged alphabetically by their first names in accordance with medieval usage. Short biographical data precedes the works and entries include printing places and dates, printers and editors, where applicable. About 12,000 titles are listed.

Copy 1. Binding: 16th century German blind stamped pigskin over wooden boards, with "Bibliotheca I A 1546" stamped in black on upper board. With extensive manuscript annotations throughout and 15 leaves with annotations inserted. Bookplates of Daniel Wilhelm Nebel and A de St Ferriol. From the library of the 18th century Heidelberg doctor Daniel Wilhelm Nebel (1735-1805), who descended from a family of scientists, pharmacists and academics. His father and grandfather were both professors of medicine at the University of Heidelberg. The extensive annotations attest to it being studied closely by someone in the early 18th century, possibly a member of the Nebel family. The notes include many references to the journal Acta Eruditorum, published in Leipzig, as well as references to other published works from the 16th and 17th centuries. The latest date found is 1731.