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Lot 225

MASSA (NICCOLO)
Liber de Morbo Gallico, 1527; Liber de febre pestilentiali, 1540, FIRST EDITIONS (2)

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Footnotes

First editions of two works by Niccolò Massa (1489-1569), professor of anatomy at Venice. Liber de Morbo Gallico is one of the earliest works published on syphilis, including a descripton of the neurological manifestations of the disease. The second work is devoted to infectious diseases, including observations on recent typhus epidemics.

Provenance: (Second work) Baptista Zucculi, sixteenth century ownership inscription on title, with further note on front free endpaper; Professor Pietro Tonelli, stamp on title.

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