Public Health.- Lancisi (Giovanni Maria) Dissertatio de nativis, deque adventitiis Romani coeli qualitatibus, cui accedit historia epidemiae rheumaticae, first edition, title with engraved allegorical vignette, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and historiated initials, some foxing, contemporary vellum, a little rubbed, slight worming to lower edge of upper cover, [Wellcome 441], Rome, Francesco Gonzaga, 1711 § Carminati (Bassiano) De animalium ex mephitibus, et noxiis halitibus interitu, ejusque propioribus caussis libri tres, first edition, errata leaf at end, damp-stained, faint ink library stamp to title, contemporary vellum, stained, slight worming to upper cover, Lodi, 1777, 4to (2)

⁂ The first is a leading work on public health and epidemiology, concerning Rome's water-supply and nearby malarial Pontine marshes, and the influenza epidemic of 1709 which spread throughout most of Europe. The second is on foul smells and noxious gases.