A choice manual, or, Rare and select secrets in physick and chyrurgery: collected, and practised by the Right Honourable, the Countesse of Kent, late deceased. Whereto are added several experiments of the vertue of Gascon powder, and lapis contra yarvam by a professor of physick. As also most exquisite waies of preserving, conserving, candying &c.

  • Kent, Elizabeth Grey, Countess of, 1581-1651
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1682
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Choice manuall
Rare and select secrets in physick and chyrurgery.
Choice manual, or, Rare secrets in physick.
Rare secrets in physick.

Publication/Creation

London : printed for Henry Mortlock at the Phœnix in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1682.

Physical description

18 unnumbered pages, 190 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 191-233 pages, 7 unnumbered pages; 20 unnumbered pages, 140 pages : portrait

Edition

The eighteenth edition.

References note

Wing (2nd ed.) K316.

Notes

An edition of: A choice manuall.
"The epistle to the reader" is signed: W.J.
"A true gentlewomans delight" has separate dated title page and pagination; register is continuous.
Running title to first part reads: A choice manual, or, Rare secrets in physick.
Includes indexes.
Text is continuous despite pagination.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1952:2) s1999 miun s

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