KÖNIG (Georg Matthias). Bibliotheca Vetus et Nova, in qua Hebraeorum, Chaldaeorum, Syrorum, Arabum, Persarum, Aegyptiorum, Graecorum & Latinorum per Universum terrarum orbem Scriptorum, Theologorum, JCtorum, Medicorum. Philosophorum, Historicorum, Geographorum, Philologorum, Oratorum, Poetarum, &c. Patria, Aetas, Nomina, Libri..., a prima Mundi origine ad Annum usque MDCLXXIIX. Ordine Alphabetico digesta... recensentur...1678

Altdorff, impensis W. Mauritii & haeredum J. A. Endterorum. First Edition, folio, [xii],888pp., some light staining to blank fore-edge, text slightly browned, recent calf, leather label. A universal bibliography covering the Oriental as well as the Western world of learning, listing some 15,000 authors and approximately 35,000 titles, set out in alphabetical order. Compiled by König (1616-1699), Professor of History and Greek and later librarian of the Altdorff University. Besterman, The Beginnings of Systematic Bibliography. p.48.