Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus - 1536 - Early (3rd) Edition of this seminal work - Fracastoro 12th century and earlier and the Cultivation of the

and the Cultivation of the Mulberry

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

At the bottom of the page a potential suitor looks on admirably at the Bijin (lady) with her shamisen

one dated Villa Clara

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

Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus - 1536 - Early (3rd) Edition of this seminal work - Fracastoro 12th century and earlier and the Cultivation of theSyphilis 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