Die Pest des Orients, wie sie entsteht und verhütet wird; drei Bücher.
Berlin: Verlag von Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin, 1837.
Price: $450.00
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xiv, 461 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary three quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, binder's ticket of Lewis & Sons. Rebacked, front board off, institutional stamp on title page, else a very good copy of an important work.
Item #34348
Lorinser discusses the history of the plague in European medical writings, its origins in the Orient, and its pathology. A supplementary section records information on the outbreak of the plague in Silesia in 1708-1712.