Author: DIETZ, JOHANN
Title: Memoirs of a Mercenary - Being the Memoirs of Master Johann Dietz Surgeon in the Army of the Great Elector and Barber to the Royal Court
Description: London, Folio Society. 1987, First Thus. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New unmarked copy in illustrated cloth boards with an As New slip case. 221 pages. 10 illustrations. An autobiography of a man unknown to history apart from his own writings. The book is divided into his upbringing in Halle in Lower Saxony including surviving a serious plague epidemic; his service as an army surgeon in two separate campaigns against the Turks besieging Budapest in 1686, second in the service of the King of Denmark; Two trips to the Arctic on Dutch whaling ships; his retirement and two marriages, in the last he sired four children when he was between the ages of 68 and 74. As New/As New.

Keywords: 17th Century Army Surgeon, Denmark, Siege of Budapest, Barber Surgeon


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