The Wordsworth encyclopedia of plague and pestilence /
edited by George C Kohn.
- Ware : Wordsworth Reference, 1998.
- viii, 408 p. ; 20 cm.
- Wordsworth reference. .
Includes bibliography and index.
A reference work on the subject of plague and pestilence, each detailed entry includes: a description of the epidemic; when and where a particular epidemic began; how and why it happened; who it affected; how it spread and ran its course; and its outcomes and significance.