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Historical Bibliography Updated: May 4, 2018

Tractatus de pestilentia.

Publication Details

Augsburg: Johann Keller, 1478 CE–1482 CE.

The most widely disseminated of all plague tracts from the time of the Black Death, of which 33 printed editions appeared in the 15th century. A French rhymed version appeared in 1476, but this version is very different from the prose, and from the pre-printing manuscripts that are known. The plague tracts from the Black Death represent the first productions of a large-scale public health effort in Europe. ISTC No. ij00015000. Digital facsimile from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek at this link.

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Entry Number#5115
Permanent Linkhttps://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/6082
Author Bio Linkid.loc.gov ↗
External URLincipit-perutilis-tractatus-de-pestilencia

Geographic Context

Publication place: Augsburg