Discorso

Discorso sopr' un preservativo di pestilenza spiegato nell' infrascritto sonetto. On the t.p., this work is dedicated to Cardinal Borghese who died in 1633. Produced in Florence ?

c. 1630

1 volume 2 ll. (first bl.)+35 ll. (last 3 bl.). 4to. 211/2 x 15 cm. Original gilt-stamped vellum binding. Damp-stained throughout.

Purchased 1928.

At Wellcome Collection: There is an anonymous copy of this work dated 1631, which was probably written at Florence: MS. 162.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).