A Catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library

摘要

The Wellcome Historical Medical Library was formally opened on December 2, 1949. A report of the contents of this remarkable collection built up by Sir Henry Wellcome was published at that time. It was described as containing 180,000 volumes, among them 612 complete incunabula and 20 fragments, 4,000 sixteenth century books, and 700 English books before 1640. That one man in one lifetime could bring together such a library is astonishing. Few medical historical collections which have developed over many years are comparable in size or scope.