Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 580

MARTIN LIPEN (1630-1692) Bibliotheca realis medica. Cura & sumptibus Johannis Friderici, prelo Johannis Nicolai Hummii 1679 [19] 492 [42] pp. 34.8 cm.

This comprehensive and well-printed early bibliography of medicine is arranged by subject and contains numerous cross references as well as a long and detailed author index. Lipen, a native of Brandenberg, was not a physician but prepared this volume as part of a six-volume series on various aspects of learning dating from the beginning of printing. The earliest bibliography on circulation is found in this volume, which contains some twenty-seven entries including the works of Harvey, Highmore, Primerose, Riolan, and Walaeus.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 6744.1; Waller 18679; Wellcome III, p. 528

Gift of John Martin, M.D.