Plague

Collection of extracts on the Plague, from the earliest times to 1687. An encyclopaedic collection of excerpts from works of physicians and others who have written on the subject, with references in each case to the books consulted: it includes also notes of prescriptions for prevention and cure, and is for the most part in Latin, though there are also extracts from English writers.

Late 17th century

4 volumes 4 vols. 4to. 20 × 151/2 cm. Modern boards.

Purchased at Sotheby's 27/4/1911, Lot 843.

Phillipps MS. 25446.

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).