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GESNER, Conrad (1516-1665). Bibliotheca universalis, sive catalogus omnium scriptorum locupletissimus, in tribus linguis, Latina, Graeca, & Hebraica, Zurich: Christoph Froschouer, 1545, 2° (319 x 197mm.), FIRST EDITION, woodcut device on title, woodcut arms of Leonard Beck on *7v, with blank *8 (lacking the final leaf, NN8, as do all the Cambridge copies, light waterstaining to corners of some leaves, more severe towards end), contemporary vellum, blue green edges. [Adams G516; PMM 73: marks "the beginning of modern critical bibliography"; Wellisch 16. 1. A]
Provenance
C. Le Cene 1675, inscription on title; Myrom Prinzmetal, recent bookplate.