Culpeper's last legacy : left and bequeathed to his dearest wife for the publick good. Being the choicest and most profitable of those secrets which while he lived were lock'd up in his breast, and resolved never to be published till after his death. Containing sundry admirable experiences in severall sciences, more especially in chyrurgery and physick: viz. compounding of medicines. Making of waters, syrups, oyls, electuaries, conserves, salts, pills, purges, and trochischs. With two particular treatises the one of fevers, the other of pestilence: as also rare and choice aphorisms and receipts, fitted to the understanding of the meanest capacities. With an Addition of two hundred choice receipts, lately found, never published before in any of his other works; and a compleat table. The sixth impression; whereunto is added an exact and perfect treatise of anatomy of the reins and bladder, brain and nerves of all the parts of the body, never published before this year, 1685. By Nicholas Culpeper, gent. student in astrology and physick.
1685
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Culpeper's last legacy : left and bequeathed to his dearest wife for the publick good. Being the choicest and most profitable of those secrets which while he lived were lock'd up in his breast, and resolved never to be published till after his death. Containing sundry admirable experiences in severall sciences, more especially in chyrurgery and physick: viz. compounding of medicines. Making of waters, syrups, oyls, electuaries, conserves, salts, pills, purges, and trochischs. With two particular treatises the one of fevers, the other of pestilence: as also rare and choice aphorisms and receipts, fitted to the understanding of the meanest capacities. With an Addition of two hundred choice receipts, lately found, never published before in any of his other works; and a compleat table. The sixth impression; whereunto is added an exact and perfect treatise of anatomy of the reins and bladder, brain and nerves of all the parts of the body, never published before this year, 1685. By Nicholas Culpeper, gent. student in astrology and physick.
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London : Printed for Obadiah Blagrave at the Black Bear in S. Paul's Church-Yard, near the Little North Door, 1685.
Description
[8], 276, [14], 60, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates ; 8.
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Cropped portrait of Nicholas Culpeper glued to modern fly leaf preceding title page.
The following parts of this volume have separate title pages: Febrilia; or, a treatise of fevers in general... 1684. A treatise of the pestilence with its prevision, provision, prevention... 1684. Composita; or, a synopsis of the chiefest compositions... the last legacy... 1684. Aphorisms... of physick... 1684. Select aphorisms... 1684. Select medicinal aphorisms and receipts... 1684. Rare secrets in physick and chirurgery... 1684. Opus physicum. A new exact & perfect treatise of the anatomy of the reins & bladder... 1685. The anatomy of the brains and nerves... 1685. The eyes anatomized... 1685.
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The following parts of this volume have separate title pages: Febrilia; or, a treatise of fevers in general... 1684. A treatise of the pestilence with its prevision, provision, prevention... 1684. Composita; or, a synopsis of the chiefest compositions... the last legacy... 1684. Aphorisms... of physick... 1684. Select aphorisms... 1684. Select medicinal aphorisms and receipts... 1684. Rare secrets in physick and chirurgery... 1684. Opus physicum. A new exact & perfect treatise of the anatomy of the reins & bladder... 1685. The anatomy of the brains and nerves... 1685. The eyes anatomized... 1685.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), C7522
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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259710
Folger-specific note
FSL copy has previous owner inscriptions of Richard Jenner, dated May 10, 1709 on verso of title page; Samuel Jenner, dated 1709 on Q8, A2, and 2A; William Sayne on A2; Henry Gough bookplate on verso of t.p.; and bookseller notes that item was in the collection of Edwin Clarke (1919-1996). Anonymous ink notation inside front cover, "30. Dec. 1897"