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Mulerius' catalogue Mulerius' catalogue is a shelf list, enumerating the
books in the order in which they were placed in the eight bookcases. There
were four shelves in each case (pluteus), two on each side. Each side of a
case was indicated with a letter, from A through Q (the letter J has not
been used). The descriptions
contain the author's name, the title, the year of publication, and the
number of volumes. The names and offices of donors as well as the date of
the donation are given. Sometimes the buying price has been added. Most of the books described in the Syllabus were printed in Switzerland, Germany, and France, and only a few in the Netherlands. The number of recent publications is remarkably high: 60% dates from the period 1600-1619, 40% from the sixteenth century. Over four hundred volumes were stored in eight bookpresses, arranged into six disciplines: Theologici: 80 titles in 168 volumes, 14 shelves Historici: 27 titles in 41 volumes, 2 shelves Juridici: 66 titles in 118 volumes, 10 shelves Medici: 17 titles in 28 volumes, 2 shelves Philosophi et Literatores: 17 titles in 29
volumes, 2 shelves Mathematici et Geographici: 12 titles in 17
volumes, 2 shelves |