first edition
1586 · Basileae:
by BERTINUS, Georgius [Georges Bertin].
Basileae:: Per Conradum Waldkirch., 1586., 1586. Small 8vo. [4], 155, [1] pp. Printer's device on title, woodcut initial at chapter opening, errata; water-staining and browning, creasing, small wormhole through entire volume. Early plain wrappers, spine worn & showing. Bookseller's label: Masson & cie.; rubber stamp: Doctor Mario E. Spada. RARE - no copies on market & no auction record. First edition. On the French pox, or syphilis. Fracastoro's poem, 'Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus? ('Syphilis or the French Disease), was first published in 1530. Bertinus came from the region of Terra de Lavoro in Southern Italy and he worked in Champagne, France. PROVENANCE: Masson & cie. (1927) - Doctor Mario E. Spada - Dr. Hernan Demonti. REFERENCES: Adams B818. See: Lesley Smith, The French Pox. Family Planning Reprod. Health Care, 2006: 32(4).
(Inventory #: M14136)