The optick glasse of humors, or The touchstone of a golden temperature, or, The Philosophers stone to make a golden temper : wherein the foure complections sanguine, cholericke, phlegmaticke, melancholicke are succinctly painted forth, and their externall intimates laide open to the purblind eye of ignorance it selfe, by which euery one may iudge of what complection he is, and answerably learne what is most sutable to his nature / lately pend by T.W. Master of Artes.
1607
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The optick glasse of humors, or The touchstone of a golden temperature, or, The Philosophers stone to make a golden temper : wherein the foure complections sanguine, cholericke, phlegmaticke, melancholicke are succinctly painted forth, and their externall intimates laide open to the purblind eye of ignorance it selfe, by which euery one may iudge of what complection he is, and answerably learne what is most sutable to his nature / lately pend by T.W. Master of Artes.
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London : Imprinted by Iohn Windet for Martin Clerke, and are to be sold at his shop without Aldersgate, 1607.
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[12], 86, [2] leaves : diagram ; 14 cm (8vo)
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T.W. = Thomas Walkington.
Partly in verse.
Running title reads: The glasse of humors.
The last two leaves are blank.
Variant: title page has "by T. Walkington ..".
Signatures: [par.]⁸ A⁴ B-M⁸.
Partly in verse.
Running title reads: The glasse of humors.
The last two leaves are blank.
Variant: title page has "by T. Walkington ..".
Signatures: [par.]⁸ A⁴ B-M⁸.
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Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 24967
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119414
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119414
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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STC 24967
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208903. Imperfect: wanting sig.A, which is partially supplied in MS. pencil facsmile; also wanting both blanks. Cropped throughout along fore-edge, affecting side-notes and pencilled MS. notes. Burn-hole on M5. Gilt-tooled, calf armorial binding, signed by Riviere. Provenance: Benjamin Heywood Bright copy; gilt initials of William Henry Miller on the spine; Britwell Court copy (with the pencilled Britwell shelf-mark: 77.A.40.)