Modern bibliographies of bibliographies begin as sections in general subject indexes. In any such index bibliography is, as a matter of course, represented. Conrad Gesner's _Pandectae_, 1548,[16a] which is the first subject index to be printed, begins with bibliography. The first book (_liber_) of the _Pandectae_ is entitled "De grammatica" and deals with the classification and organization of knowledge.[17] Chapter (_titulus_) XIII, with which we are especially concerned, is a treatise on general bibliography.[18] Its eight sections (_partes_) deal with books of general usefulness and some related matters. Pars i, "Greek and Latin Writers of Miscellanies and of Books Containing Critical Comments on More than One Author," is well described by its title. Gesner divides it into two parts: "Greek Miscellanies," including such works as Aelian, _Varia historia_;[19] Athenaeus, _Deipnosophistae_;[20] Clement of Alexandria, _Stromata_;[21] and Johannes Tzetzes, _Historia varia_.[22] Books of this sort were reference works consulted for information on almost any subject. To this alphabetical list Gesner adds three titles: the accounts of marvels found in various works by Aristotle; Julius Pollux, _Onomasticon_; and Plutarch, _Symposium_.[23] For a bibliography of books of table talk similar to Plutarch's work Gesner refers the reader to _Liber Politica, Titulus Convivia_.[24] He adds a concluding remark that Caelius Rhodiginus and Nicolaus Leonicenus--men who had written widely used contemporary miscellanies--as well as other makers of compilations have drawn freely on the authorities that he has listed. Gesner is a good bibliographer. He has arranged these titles carefully and has clearly indicated how much he knows about them and the translations of them. The second part of Titulus XIII, Pars i, is devoted to Latin miscellanies. It begins with Alexander ab Alexandro (Alessandro Alessandri, d. 1523), _Geniales dies_, "which contains grammatical and legal collectanea and comments on various authors." Gesner remarks that he has preferred to cite miscellanies and collections of _loci communes_ because a separately printed treatise can be easily found but the information in a miscellany is likely to be overlooked.[25] He then names some fifteen Latin miscellanies of various dates according to the first names of the authors. Among them are the writings of Angelo Poliziano, Aulus Gellius, the _Adagia_ of Erasmus, the _Varia_ of Cassiodorus, the _Saturnalia_ of Macrobius, the _De honesta disciplina_ by Petrus Crinitus, and the _De inventoribus rerum_ by Polydore Vergil. This mingling of classical and contemporary authorities is characteristic of Renaissance scholarship. Gesner concludes with a citation of a quarto _Miscellanea_ printed in Paris by Gormont and written by an unidentified author (_nescio quo authore_).[26]