Girolamo Fracastoro. HIERONYMI FRACASTORII VERONENSIS OPERA OMNIA. Venice: Apud Iuntas, 1574. Second edition. Modern quarter calf over marbled paper boards, spine with label and gilt floral designs, all edges stained red. 4to; +6 2+8 3+6 A-2C8 (lacking L8, 2C3, 2C4) 2D6. With printer's device on title page and rear colophon, index, printed marginalia, woodcut portrait, decorated initials, ornaments, and numerous tables and diagrams. Roman type; text in Latin. Edit16 19613.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Girolamo Fracastoro (Italy, 1478-1553) was a poet, scientist, and doctor known for his early theory on germs and for developing the term for syphilis. This volume is a collection of his work, which includes his epic poem on syphilis, his theories on contagious diseases, and more.

Boards with evidence of loss of original leather corners, corners rubbed with small loss to one, spine with insect damage and losses at head and tail; endpapers with light staining, wormholes, title page with manuscript; pages lightly toned, with occasional stain, grime, wormhole or trail; larger areas of damp staining throughout; 2C3 and 2C4 extended, one page with minor hole at margin, final leaf with color pencil marks on verso; a sturdy copy with crisp pages.