Tra i libri di un medico del Novecento

Abstract

This paper describes the private book collection of the Italian medical doctor Gioan Battista Dell’Acqua (1901-1991), owned by the library of the Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome. It includes around 250 titles of old and rare medical books, reflecting the interests, career trajectory and professional work of a physician of the twentieth century. Since it contains several textbooks printed by the most notable European publishers of that period, this collection also illustrates the history of scientific publishing companies and the advance of medical and health sciences in Europe.