Early medicine : a catalogue of books (chiefly medical) printed before 1801, now in the History of Medicine Library, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Compiled by Peter Dobrovits ; with a foreword by Wallace Kirsop and an introduction by Bryan Gandevia
Melbourne : The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, History of Medicine Library, Sydney, in association with the Centre for the Book, Monash University, 2004

ISBN: 0732622670

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Book description
This catalogue lists over 400 items held in the History of Medicine Library's collection published prior to 1801, and is a valuable resource for those interested in the history of health sciences. Bibliographic and institutional material is recorded for each item, where applicable, tracing the provenance of the material. References are made to listings in 13 other bibliographies, creating a complete picture of the significance of these items in the medico-historical and bibliographic field.

About the authors
Peter Dobrovits has been a librarian for many years. He lectured on the making and history of books at the Sydney Technical College. At the time of his retirement he was deputy university librarian (Technical Services) at the University of New South Wales. Since then he has worked in several libraries on cataloguing rare items, as well as helping to produce catalogues for an antiquarian bookseller.

Professor Wallace Kirsop taught in the French Studies program at Monash University from 1962 to 1998 - special fields: XVIth and XVIIth century literature; civilization (especially the history of Paris); bibliography and book history. He was Editor of the Australian Journal of French Studies since 1968 (retired in 2003) and is Director of the Centre for the Book in the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies.

Bryan Gandevia, respiratory physician and medical historian, had enthusiasm for books and libraries, which led to the improvement of the coverage of medical history in many libraries.

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