ASTRUC, Jean (1684-1766). De morbis venereis libri sex, Paris: 1738, 4°, second edition (? lacking preliminary g4, some heavy dampstains, ink staining to margins of final leaves), contemporary half sheep (rather rubbed) [Blake p. 22]; A Treatise of Venereal Diseases in nine books, London: W. Innys & J. Richardson [etc.], 1754, 2 volumes in one, 4° (? lacking half title and title and preliminaries to vol. II, title with small repair to upper margin, with long tear to outer margin and perforation mark, the perforation repeated on 3A3, further library markings to title verso and first page of Preface, short tears to outer margin of end leaves), brown buckram [Blake p. 22]; together with the "second" Latin edition of the same work in 2 volumes (Paris, 1740). (4)

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ASTRUC, Jean (1684-1766). De morbis venereis libri sex, Paris: 1738, 4°, second edition (? lacking preliminary g4, some heavy dampstains, ink staining to margins of final leaves), contemporary half sheep (rather rubbed) [Blake p. 22]; A Treatise of Venereal Diseases in nine books, London: W. Innys & J. Richardson [etc.], 1754, 2 volumes in one, 4° (? lacking half title and title and preliminaries to vol. II, title with small repair to upper margin, with long tear to outer margin and perforation mark, the perforation repeated on 3A3, further library markings to title verso and first page of Preface, short tears to outer margin of end leaves), brown buckram [Blake p. 22]; together with the "second" Latin edition of the same work in 2 volumes (Paris, 1740). (4)

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Astruc's history of syphilis and venereal disease, skilfully contending that syphilis was introduced into Europe from America by the men returning with Columbus in 1493, and with a careful review of the existing literature, was first published in 1736 and translated into English the following year.

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