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The marrow of chymical physick, or, The practice of making chymical medicines : divided in three books: viz. Shewing the true and perfect order to distil, or draw forth from vegetables, minerals, and metals, their spirits, oyls, vinegars, salts, extracts, or tinctures, essences and magisteries, flowers, and salts, &c. Whereunto is added at the end of every such preparation, its most excellent vertue and medicinal use, for the preservation of health, and restoring the diseased to sanity. A rare way of making metaline glass of any colour whatsoever. Very useful fo the making artificial rubies, saphirs, jacinths, &c. Likewise for the enamiling [sic] of rings, or for jewels; being very excellent and easie / by W.T. philo-astro-medicus, and student in chymistry.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - E.F. Smith Collection RS51 T47 1669
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thrasher, William, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pharmacy--Early works to 1800.
- Pharmacy.
- Chemistry--Early works to 1800.
- Chemistry.
- Formulas, recipes, etc--Early works to 1800.
- Formulas, recipes, etc.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Greenberg, Arthur (former owner)
- Physical Description:
- [4], 188 pages : illustrations ; 14 cm (12mo)
- Other Title:
- Practice of making chymical medicines
- Fingerprint:
- toi- g-of onn. alpl (3) 1669 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by T.J. for Peter Parker at the White Lion in Billiter-Lane, 1669.
- Notes:
- W.T. = William Thrasher. (ESTC)
- Signatures: A-H¹².
- Local Notes:
- RS51 T47 1669: Wanting leaf H12. Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund. Purchased for the Penn Libraries from the Arthur Greenberg collection sold by John McInnis Auctioneers (Amesbury, MA Lot 1134), 13 December 2024. Manuscript annotations, underlining throughout. Binding: full tanned animal skin, both boards detached.
- Cited 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 (2nd ed.), T108
- English short title catalogue, R217453
- OCLC:
- 316958083
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