Memoirs of a mercenary : being the memoirs of master Johann Dietz, surgeon in the army of the Great Elector and barber to the royal court / translated by Bernard Miall ; edited and introduced by Mervyn Horder.

Master Johann Dietz, surgeon in the army of the Great Elector, and barber to the royal court. From the old manuscript in the Royal Library of Berlin / translated by B. Miall; first published by E. Consentius.

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