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Historical Bibliography Updated: December 13, 2019

Deliciae Cobresianae. J. P. Cobres Büchersammlung zur Naturgeschichte. 2 vols.

Publication Details

Augsburg: auf Kosten des Verfassers, 1782 CE.

Privately printed catalogue of Cobres’ natural history library, comprising descriptions, with collations and notes, of about 2500 books on botany, zoology, geology, etc. The catalogue is divided into subject sections and includes sections on conchology, microscopy and ‘Musea’ or Wunderkammern. On this topic it lists 107 titles listed, and is one of the earliest bibliographies of museum catalogues.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

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Entry Number#11095
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/13291
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLdeliciae-cobresianae-j-p-cobres-bchersammlung-zur-naturgeschichte-2-vols

Geographic Context

Publication place: Augsburg