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The first part of the key of philosophie : Wherein is contained most excellent secretes of phisicke and philosophie, diuided into two bookes. In the first is shewed the true and perfect order to distill, or draw forth the oiles, of all maner of gummes, spices, seedes, roots and herbs, with their perfect taste, smell and vertues: In the second is shewed the true and perfect order to prepare, calcine, sublime, and dissolue al maner of mineralles, and how ye shall drawe forth their oiles and saltes, which are most woonderfull in their operations, for the health of mans bodie. Full written in the Germane tongue by the most learned Theophrastus Paraselius, and now published to the English tongue by Iohn Hester, practitioner in the art of distillation.
LIBRA STC 13252
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- Format:
- Microformat
- Series:
- Early English books, 1475-1640 ; reel 710/14.
- Standardized Title:
- True and perfect order to distill oyles out of al maner of spices.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Early works to 1800.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Prescriptions, formulae, receipts, etc.
- Physical Description:
- [15], 112, [1] pages
- Other Title:
- Secrets of phisicke and philosophie
- Place of Publication:
- Imprinted at London : By Valentine Simmes, 1596.
- Notes:
- Not in fact by Paracelsus.
- An enlarged edition of: The true and perfect order to distill oyles out of al maner of spices.
- "Secrets of phisicke and philosophie. The second booke .", an adaptation of "Een constich distillierboeck" by Philippus Hermanni, has separate dated title page; register and pagination are continuous.
- Formerly STC 13252.
- Identified as STC 13252 on UMI microfilm.
- Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
- Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1957. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 710:14).
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.) 19181.7
- OCLC:
- 150668558
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