BARTHÉLEMY JEAN-JACQUES. SYPHILIS. Poem en Deux Chants...avec des notes par le docteur Giradeau de Saint-Gervais. "Paris Bechet & Labé N.d. [1840] Tall 8vo., full 19th century vellum over stiff boards, decorated with a double black fillet outer border, surrounding a central border composed of two black lines spaced about half an inch apart, except where the lines swell (once along each side), to allow for the placement of a black-stamped skull and crossed bones, each about an inch tall. Near the top of the central panel the title, Syphilis, is stamped in black and afterwards canceled. There is a small black-stamped owl on each cover (later addition?). Spine without title but with three smaller skull & bones at the top, middle and bottom. All edges stained black; lightly foxed. Inserted are two engraved portraits of the author of the original Latin poem Syphilidis, sive Morbi Fallici, libri tres, Girolamo Fracastoro (1483-1553), which was published in Verona in 1530, and which is reproduced in part here, translated into French. Barthélemy's poem is in two parts: La Mal and La Remède and is accompanied by a short Biographie de Fracastor and extensive Notes.A uncommon book in a highly attractive emblematic "Memento Mori" binding. See: Geo. Vicaire. p. 329. EMBLEMATIC BINDING 19TH CEN." Price: USD 975.00 other currencies    inquire

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