Baier's Bibliotheca Hydrographica

A translation into Italian of the German text of Johann Jacob Baier's Bibliotheca Hydrographica cum Lexico Hydrologio, Nürmberg, Altdorff and Leipsic, 1729, small quarto. The printed pages are interleaved with the manuscript. There is no indication of the writer's name, but the handwriting indicates the first half of the eighteenth century.

Early 18th century

61 folios 4to. 25 × 17.5 cm. Old vellum binding.

[Baier (1677-1735) was Professor of Physic at Altdorff.]

Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).