[Joannes de Vesalia, De Epidemiá].

The plague treatise by Joannes de Vesalia (ca. 1401-ca. 1476) is the subject of this article. The author plants to publish an edition and translation. In this contribution he describes the existing manuscripts (Stresa, Centro Internazionale di Studi Rosminiani, ASIC A2 21, and Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Reg. lat. 1450), reconstructs their history and discusses their importance for reestablishing the original text. On the other hand, the author makes some general remarks on the content of the treatise.