1799 BUBONIC PLAGUE Napoleon Siege of Jaffa Pandemic Papon 2v Medicine Surgery

1799 BUBONIC PLAGUE Napoleon Siege of Jaffa Pandemic Papon 2v Medicine Surgery

 

In 1799, Napoleon and his army captured the city of Jaffa in Egypt. However, following the famous siege, a curious outbreak of the bubonic plague swept over Napoleon’s men and devastated the army numbers. French historian Jean-Pierre Papon, who was known for his surveys of the French Revolution, published an interesting history of the plague which served, not only as a history of the bubonic plague, but as a directive on how to treat and avoid getting the plague.

 

This rare two-volume first edition of Papon’s “De la peste” was published in Paris in 1799.

 

Item number: #23119

Price: $599

 

PAPON, Jean-Pierre

 

De la peste, ou Les époques mémorables de ce fléau, et les moyens de s’en préserver

 

Paris: Chez Lavillette et Compagnie, 8. [1799]. First edition.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • I – [4], xii, 372, ii, [2]
  • II – [4], 294, vi, [2]
• Provenance: Bookplate – Robert Wölfle
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (22cm x 14cm)

 

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