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Published by Classics of Medicine Library, New York, 1992
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Poems on syphilis by a Renaissance Italian doctor; reprinted from the 1934 Primavera Press edition. Bound in full green leather, gilt titling & decoration. Light wear to book, gilt slightly chafed on fore-edge, bookplate on flyleaf. Text clean; [xxiv], 85, [4] pages, illustrations. Size: 6½" by 9¾".
Published by The Classics of Medicine Library, 1992
Seller: ODYSSEY, Pointe Claire, QC, Canada
First Edition
Full-Leather. Condition: As New. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Type: Book 89 pp., dark forest green leather bdg. with gilt-stamped design on boards and titling on spine, 3 raised bands on spine, marbled end papers, aeg, grass green silk ribbon bookmark. Facsimile edition of 1934 edition reprinted by Ward Richie, 85 pages plus notes and Richie colophon at back. This book is a translation of the important work on the germ theory of infection by Fracastoro. It includes a poem, originally printed in Rome 1531, which gave Syphillis its name and recognized its venereal cause. Illustrated with 11 b/w illustrations on plates as well as several head pieces and figures in text. In custom made high gauge mylar DJ. Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.