Catalogue of the Valuable and Interesting Professional and General Library of an Eminent Physician, removed from Warwickshire, comprising . . . {Standard works in History and Literature}, Works on Obstetric Science, embracing many early and Rare works on the Subject, a few choice works of Art. .

London: Puttick and Simpson, 1866.

8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. 60 pp. Stitched as issued with original buff printed paper wrappers.

Very attractive copy of Henry Blenkinsop's (1813-1866) library catalogue, sold immediately upon his death in 1866. The collection consists of 1099 lots, 1069 of which are books. The catalogue is organized by size and then author and it contains many hundreds of medical books, many on the study of obstetrics, female anatomy, and childhood development. The remainder of the library includes English history and literature, a number of books from the Aldine press, Baskerville's editions of the classics, Shakespeare, and a good amount of natural history.

Blenkinsop was educated at St. Bartholomew's and became a senior surgeon at the Warwick Dispensary and Medical Officer of the Union Workhouse in Warwick. He was appointed Surgeon to the County Prison, and the Southam Infirmary of Diseases of the eye and ear. His skills caught the attention of the London medical community and he became a Fellow of the Royal Medico-Chirurgical and Obstetrical Society of London.

List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900 Now in the British Museum, p. 356, without ownership reference. See Royal Society of Surgeons of England's database where his library and this catalogue is cited.