It is hard to believe that the William Hunter’s Library project is now well past its half way point! Our Project Assistants have completed the first draft of our transcription of Museum Records 3 (that is, the catalogue of Hunter’s books that his Trustees compiled after his death) and we are proofreading the spreadsheet that…
The letter ‘H’ is particularly strong for medical authors. Harvey, Hippocrates, John Hunter, and, of course, William Hunter himself all have entries in Hunter’s library catalogue. The Transcription Team has completed a first draft of the transcription of Museum Records 3. We’re going through the draft and tracking down entries we’ve not yet matched to…
One name dominates Hunter’s library catalogue in the ‘G’ section of William Hunter’s library: Galen. Hunter offered his assessment of Galen in the survey of the history of anatomy in the first lecture he gave to his students. You can see that, and a report of some of the highlights from the ‘G’ section of…
The 268 entries that are listed under ‘F’ in Museum Records 3 again demonstrate the variety of books that William Hunter collected. As in other sections of his catalogue, we find that Hunter’s interests in anatomy and medicine are well represented. Another theme that emerges in this section is travel and exploration. See the full F…
The ‘E’ section of Hunter’s Trustees’ Library Catalogue (now known as Museum Records 3 – or MR 3 for short) comprises 135 entries. This forms a small but rich section of the catalogue and the project update focuses on incunables and early modern scholarly printing as well as a selection of books listed under ‘Essays’….
Work is progressing in the William Hunter’s Library project. The transcription of the ‘B’ section of the Trustees’ catalogue is now complete and work is now well underway on ‘C’. ‘B’ once again demonstrates the variety of texts Hunter collected and features a range of medical writers as well as literary authors. The full update…
‘William Hunter’s Library: A Transcription of the Early Catalogues’ is a one-year Wellcome Trust funded project that aims to determine which books now in the Hunterian Collection in the University of Glasgow’s Special Collections actually belonged to Hunter. The main goal is to enable analysis of Hunter’s original library by creating a fully searchable and…
