Specimen of a Historical and Critical Library of Rare Physical and Medical Books

prays, is there anyone who doubts it? The latter part of the subject has been excellently pursued by the aforementioned most learned VOGT (c), and by the most famous SAMUEL ENGEL (d), the pride of Switzerland, who is worthy of no less praise. I approach the matter itself without circumlocution. I will consider it an honor and my duty to join the observations that occur to me with those of the famous men who have composed general indices of such books before me. And if there are any others who are exercised in this arena, I beseech them with the respect that is due, and I ask that they be willing to communicate their observations—either publicly or privately—regarding books I have either passed over or proposed less accurately, and to assist my institute with their contributions. For the rest, although I do not dare to promise a history of rare physico-medical books that is perfect in every number, I make the most certain hope for myself that my labors, such as they are, will not be unwelcome to the candid reader, and that I shall obtain pardon from him if, in so arduous a matter, I have perhaps wandered from the true path. Therefore, let the die be cast!

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The Works of CLAUDIUS GALEN, which are extant, in Greek. Venice, 1525. by Aldus and Andreas Asulanus. folio. Vol. V. Tome.

(c) loc. cit. from the very beginning.
(d) See his Most Select Library, or Catalog of Books in every kind of science most rare, etc. Bern 1743. 8vo. in the preface, where he subjects Vogt's Axioms to examination.