Scudder's Catalogue of Scientific Serials

Scudder's Catalogue of Scientific Serials

Scudder, Samuel H.
Catalogue of Scientific Serials of all countries including the transactions of learned societies in the natural physical and mathematical sciences: 1633 - 1876 .
Cambridge, Library of Harvard University, 1879.
There is a free electronic copy of this item available at http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=2925864, which is maintained as part of the Cornell University Library Windows on the Past digital library collection.

This is an excellent listing of scientific serials published across the world up to the year 1876.
In general, the compiler excluded "publications dealing exclusively with Medicine, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Horticulture, Technology, Manufactures, Philology and History..."
Bibliographic and historical information about journal titles is given in the main section of this work, which is arranged first by country, subarranged by city of publication, and then sorted alphabetically. The geographical arrangement is particularly useful in deciphering early abbreviations of society journal titles, if a place name figures prominently in the name of the society.
There is an Appendix with Corrections. There is an Index of Towns, and an Index of Titles (actually the titles are listed in Scudder's own abbreviationed form). Finally there is an Index of Minor Subjects that identifies journals on subjects like Botany, and Meteorology.

Contents of Scudder's Catalogue of Scientific Serials

Heading Place
in the
Volume Number
of Pages
International pp.1-2 2

Great Britain and Ireland pp.2-36 35

Denmark, Sweden and Norway pp.36-46 11

Holland pp.46-61 16

Belgium pp.61-65 5

France pp.65-117 53

Spain and Portugal pp.118-121 4

Italy pp.121-140 20

Switzerland pp.140-147 8

Germany pp.148-221 74

Austria
[Includes Hungary, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic), part of Jugoslavia, and part of present-day Poland.] pp.221-241 21

Russia
[Includes part of present-day Poland.] pp.241-250 10

Greece and Roumania p.251 1

Asia (South of the Russian Dominions) pp.251-256 6

Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand pp.256-259 4

Africa p.259 1

South America, Mexico and the West Indies pp.259-263 5

United States of America pp.263-291 29

British America (i.e. Canada) pp.291-293 3

Appendix with Corrections pp.294-307 14

Index of Towns pp.308-314 7

Index of Titles pp.315-354 40

Index of Minor Subjects pp.355-358 4

Scudder's Catalogue of Scientific Serials
Scudder, Samuel H. *Catalogue of Scientific Serials of all countries including the transactions of learned societies in the natural physical and mathematical sciences: 1633 - 1876* . Cambridge, Library of Harvard University, 1879. There is a free electronic copy of this item available at http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=2925864, which is maintained as part of the Cornell University Library Windows on the Past digital library collection.
This is an excellent listing of scientific serials published across the world up to the year 1876. In general, the compiler excluded "publications dealing exclusively with Medicine, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Horticulture, Technology, Manufactures, Philology and History..." Bibliographic and historical information about journal titles is given in the main section of this work, which is arranged first by country, subarranged by city of publication, and then sorted alphabetically. The geographical arrangement is particularly useful in deciphering early abbreviations of society journal titles, if a place name figures prominently in the name of the society. There is an *Appendix with Corrections. There is an Index of Towns, and an Index of Titles* (actually the titles are listed in Scudder's own abbreviationed form). Finally there is an *Index of Minor Subjects* that identifies journals on subjects like Botany, and Meteorology.
Contents of Scudder's Catalogue of Scientific Serials
Heading	Place in the Volume	Number of Pages
International	pp.1-2	2
Great Britain and Ireland	pp.2-36	35
Denmark, Sweden and Norway	pp.36-46	11
Holland	pp.46-61	16
Belgium	pp.61-65	5
France	pp.65-117	53
Spain and Portugal	pp.118-121	4
Italy	pp.121-140	20
Switzerland	pp.140-147	8
Germany	pp.148-221	74
Austria [Includes Hungary, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic), part of Jugoslavia, and part of present-day Poland.]	pp.221-241	21
Russia [Includes part of present-day Poland.]	pp.241-250	10
Greece and Roumania	p.251	1
Asia (South of the Russian Dominions)	pp.251-256	6
Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand	pp.256-259	4
Africa	p.259	1
South America, Mexico and the West Indies	pp.259-263	5
United States of America	pp.263-291	29
British America (i.e. Canada)	pp.291-293	3
Appendix with Corrections	pp.294-307	14
Index of Towns	pp.308-314	7
Index of Titles	pp.315-354	40
Index of Minor Subjects	pp.355-358	4