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The newe iewell of health : wherein is contayned the most excellent secretes of phisicke and philosophie, deuided into fower bookes. In the which are the best approued remedies for the diseases as well inwarde as outwarde, of all the partes of mans bodie: treating very amplye of all dystillations of waters, of oyles, balmes, quintessences, with the extraction of artificiall saltes, the vse and preparation of antimonie, and potable gold

Archive Print Item: Early Science 2 1576/GES

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Type of record: Book

Title: The newe iewell of health : wherein is contayned the most excellent secretes of phisicke and philosophie, deuided into fower bookes. In the which are the best approued remedies for the diseases as well inwarde as outwarde, of all the partes of mans bodie: treating very amplye of all dystillations of waters, of oyles, balmes, quintessences, with the extraction of artificiall saltes, the vse and preparation of antimonie, and potable gold

Other titles: Thesaurus Evonymi Philiatri de remediis secretis; New jewel of health; Newe jewell of health; Booke of distillations

Level: Item

Classmark: Early Science 2 1576/GES

Creator(s): Gesner, Konrad (1516-1565)

Additional creator(s): Baker, George (1540-1600) (Other)

Related people: Baker, George

Publisher: by Henrie Denham

Publication city: Printed at London

Date(s): 1576

Language: English

Size and medium: [12], 258 [i.e. 268] l

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/239868

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991013364359705181

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Running title: The first[-fourth] booke of distillations. Spelling of words varies.


Signatures: A4 A-Y8 2A-2L8 2M2.


Title vignette ("Alchymya"); books 2-4 have special t.p.s with large vignettes.


Foliation irregular.


Includes index.


STC 11798.

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