Nicolaus Pol Doctor 1494, with a Critical Text of His Guaiac Tract

244, [2] pp. Illustrated with black-and-white plates, including facsimiles of original document and historical illustrations. A biographical sketch of Renaissance era physician Nicolaus Pol, with the full text of his De Cura Morbi Gallici Per Lignum Guaycanum, translated by Dorothy M. Schullian. Also includes critical text, a Spanish recipe for the Guaiac cure, a German method of making beer, and lists of books from Pol's personal library held by several institutions (Pol collected approximately 1350 texts during his lifetime, an enormous amount for the time period). Index follows text.