The curious distillatory: or The art of distilling coloured liquors, spirits, oyls, &c. : from vegitables, animals, minerals, and metals. A thing hitherto known by few. Containing many experiments easy to perform, yet curious, surprizing, and useful: relating to the production of colours, consistence, and heat, in divers bodies which are colourless, fluid, and cold. Together with several experiments upon the blood (and its serum) of diseased persons, with divers other collateral experiments. / Written originally in Latin by Jo. Sigis. Elsholt. Put into English by T.S. M.D. Physician in Ordinary to his Majesty.

  • Elsholtz, Johann Sigismund, 1623-1688.
Date:
1677
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About this work

Also known as

Destillatoria curiosa. English

Publication/Creation

London : printed by J[ohn]. D[arby]. for Robert Boulter, at the Turks-head, over against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhil, 1677.

Physical description

16 unnumbered pages, 111 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 8vo (15 cm)

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References note

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), E638
ESTC (RLIN), R016178
ESTC R16178

Notes

Translation, by Thomas Sherley, of: Elsholtz, Johann Sigismund. Destillatoria curiosa.
Printer's name from Wing CD.
With frontis. illustration (A1v) signed: Tho. Cross sculpsit.
Copy 1. Note: Frontis. damaged and mounted.
Copy 1. With the signature of Henry Stopes, dated 12 may 1887
Copy 2. Note: Lacks final (blank?) leaf of prelims.

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  • Copy 1

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    EPB/A/21663

  • Copy 1

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    EPB/MST/340

  • Copy 2

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    EPB/MST/340.3

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