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[HISTORY] - Plague and Poison: A Papal Physician’s Renaissance Warnings - MERCATI Michele (1541 - 1594) - Michele Mercati, Instruttione sopra la peste. Rome, Vincenzo Accolti, 1576. 4to (210×150 mm); [24], 143, [1] pp. Large woodcut on title page. Later boards, ink title on spine. Small ink-burn holes, light erasure on title, faint stamp. A fine copy. First edition of a treatise on plague prevention and therapy, with additional essays on poisons, gout and paralysis.