Bibliotheca Walleriana. The books illustrating the history of medicine and science collected by dr Erik Waller and bequeathed to the library of the royal university of Uppsala. I-II

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Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. 1955. xii, 471, (1) + (6),494,(1) pp. & 55 plates. 4:o (27 x 19,5 cm). Bound in dark blue buckram, spine- & front cover title gilt, top edge blue. Dust jackets slightly worn and with tears. Dedication: ”f. Förste bibliotekarien Fil. dr Elof Colliander från vännen förf.” Two volumes. Acta bibliothecae r. universitatis Upsaliensis vol. VIII-IX
A bibliography of Dr. Waller’s important collection of old medical books and works on the history of medicine. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the collection, in the fields it covers, is unparalleled in modern times. The collection includes nearly 21000 volumes.