Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus - 1536 - Early (3rd) Edition of this seminal work - Fracastoro 12th century and earlier one dated Villa Clara

one dated Villa Clara

Cape Town 1857

and bound in fine gold tooled contemporary black calf

a geisha holds court with a shamisen on her knee and a table full of food

Fiji 1850” - Printed at the Wesleyan Press at Viwa in 1850

Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus - 1536 - Early (3rd) Edition of this seminal work - Fracastoro 12th century and earlier one dated Villa ClaraSyphilis sive morbus Gallicus Syphilis or the French disease by the celebrated Vicenzan Physician Hieronymi (Girolamo) Fracastoro 1536. 28 pages (complete) Good condition but significant staining to some pages and repairs to the title page. Later 20th Century binding. Syphilis was likely introduced to Europe from South America following Columbuses return from the New World. The first large outbreak was recorded among French troops after the 1494 Siege