Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus - 1536 - Early (3rd) Edition of this seminal work - Fracastoro 12th century and earlier Fiji 1850” - Printed at

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

letterpress title to plates

Rubrication throughout and single large coloured initial "R" in blue

Jan Huygen van Linschoten

-Good condition - some mild toning and marks to page

Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus - 1536 - Early (3rd) Edition of this seminal work - Fracastoro 12th century and earlier Fiji 1850” - Printed atSyphilis 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