Institute of Scientific Information
Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague
The last post in the advent series of interesting facts about the Berlin collection of rare books at the First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University is a princely gift indeed. At first glance, it captivates with its beautiful red leather binding adorned with gold, bearing the inscription that the book was donated to Pépinière … Read more
Today, we will take a look at the spine of the book with the Berlin signature 297.23. It is another in a series of obstetric manuals, but I will focus again on the physical condition of the volume rather than the content of the title itself: Photo: archive of the Institute ÚVI The volume nicely … Read more
The first update on the project Traces of Lost Libraries is here! The initial glimpse of the previous Berlin owners is ready. What has been done so far? I took the first quarter of the rare prints collection – opened every single book and wrote down older shelfmarks, IDs of stamps of Berlin libraries, and … Read more
New project on the Berlin collection has just launched at the First Faulty of Medicine! Last time, I discovered that books marked by the former libraries Pépinière, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Institut, Kaiser-Wilhelms-Akademie, and Deutsche Ärzte-Bücherei were indeed moved to our medical library after 1945 and were not originally part of the collections, as was believed. For that purpose, … Read more