OSLER (Sir William). Bibliotheca Osleriana. A Catalogue of Books Illustrating the History of Medicine and Science Collected, Arranged, and Annotated by Sir William Osler, Bt. and Bequeathed to McGill University.2000

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 4to, xxxv, 785pp., orig. cloth, d.w. One of the greatest physicians of his day, Sir William Osler (1848-1919) was also a bibliophile with an outstanding library of some 7,000 volumes that reflect literary and antiquarian as well as scientific interests. Completed posthumously to Osler's idiosyncratic plan, the catalogue begins with the 'Bibliotheca Prima' containing seminal scientific works arranged chronologically from Hippocrates to Röntgen. Seven further sections, among them a fine collection of literary works relating to medicine, revert to alphabetical ordering. Particularly valuable for its annotations.