A discourse upon prodigious abstinence: occasioned by the twelve moneths fasting of Martha Taylor, the famed Derbyshire demosell: proving that without any miracle, the texture of humane bodies may be so altered, that life may be long continued without the supplies of meat and drink. With an account of the heart, and how far it is interessed in the business of fermentation / By John Reynolds. Humbly offered to the Royall society.

  • Reynolds, John, of Kings-Norton.
Date:
1669
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London : Printed, by R.W. for Nevill Simmons ... and for Dorman Newman ..., 1669.

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4 unnumbered leaves, 37 pages ; (4to)

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First edition
Signatures: 1 leaf unsigned, A-E⁴, F²
Title within double line border. Marginal notes.
Copy 1 Note: Corner torn from first two leaves (imprimatur and t.p.) with slight loss of text.

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Wing R1314
ESTC R10543
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), R1314

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