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The Great Pox; The French Disease in Renaissance Europe
by Jon Arrizabalaga, John Henderson, Roger French
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0300069340
- ISBN 13
- 9780300069341
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996 Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 1996. Hardcover. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner blindstamp and signature on the FFFP. Blue-green boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 352 pp. After the Great Death swept across Europe, The Great Pox known as the French Disease, brought a different type of horror; it did not kill rapidly, it stayed in the body for years causing acute pain, disfigurement, and ultimately an agonizing death. The disease confused the medical theory of the time, struck across all society, and all through Italy, France, and Germany. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003083
- Title
- The Great Pox; The French Disease in Renaissance Europe
- Author
- Jon Arrizabalaga, John Henderson, Roger French
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0300069340
- ISBN 13
- 9780300069341
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Small Pox, The Great Pox, The Black Death, The French Disease, the pox, bacteriology, syphilis, variola, mercury treatment, sulfa drugs, penicillin, contagious disease, immunization,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medieval Times;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Spine
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