Francesco Pona (1595-1655)
Francesco Pona (1595–1655) was a doctor, philosopher and intellectual from Verona, and author of several books about the plague in Verona of 1630.
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Il Gran Contagio di Verona — Francesco Pona — libro secondo (modern)
Libro Secondo (second part) of “Il Gran Contagio di Verona” by Francesco Pona (1631) — modernised text.
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Il Gran Contagio di Verona — Francesco Pona — libro secondo (original)
Libro Secondo (second part) of “Il Gran Contagio di Verona” by Francesco Pona (1631) — original text.
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Il Gran Contagio di Verona — Francesco Pona — libro primo (modern)
Libro Primo (first part) of “Il Gran Contagio di Verona” by Francesco Pona (1631) — modernised text.
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Il Gran Contagio di Verona — Francesco Pona — libro primo (original)
Libro Primo (first part) of “Il Gran Contagio di Verona” by Francesco Pona (1631) — original text.
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Il Gran Contagio di Verona — Francesco Pona — dedication (translated)
Frontispiece and dedication of “Il Gran Contagio di Verona” by Francesco Pona (1631) — English translation.
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Il Gran Contagio di Verona — Francesco Pona — dedication (modern)
Frontispiece and dedication of “Il Gran Contagio di Verona” by Francesco Pona (1631) — modernised text.
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Il Gran Contagio di Verona — Francesco Pona — dedication (original)
Frontispiece and dedication of “Il Gran Contagio di Verona” by Francesco Pona (1631) — original text.
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Francesco Pona — The Plague in Verona, 1630
A doctor’s eyewitness account of the plague epidemic in Verona in 1630, which killed some 60% of the population of the city.
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The plague doctor
The plague doctor with the beaked mask might not have much to do with Venice — that figure is more likely to be French.