The English physitian enlarged: with three hundred, sixty, and nine medicines, made of English herbs that were not in any impression until this: the epistle will inform you how to know this impression from any other. Being an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation: containing a compleat method of physick, whereby a man may preserve his body in health; or cure himself, being sick, for three pence charge, with such things only as grow in England, they being most fit for English bodies. Herein is also shewed these seven things: viz. 1 The way of making plaisters, oyntments, oyls, ... or waters, of al sorts of physical herbs, ... 2 What planet governeth every herb or tree (used in physick) that groweth in England. 3 The time of gathering al herbs, both vulgarly, and astrologically. 4 The way of drying and keeping the herbs al the yeer. 5 The way of keeping their juyces ready for use at all times. 6 The way of making and keeping al kind of useful compounds made of h

People / Organizations

• Nicholas Culpeper (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by Peter Cole, printer and book-seller, at the sign of the Printing-press in Cornhil, near the Royal Exchange, 1656.

Publication year

1656-1656

ESTC No.

R236837

Grub Street ID

107484

Description

[24], 173, 284-398, [16] p. ; 8⁰

Note

With seven preliminary pages of advertisements (A1v-A4v) and an index (2B?).

Text and register continuous despite pagination.

In this edition the first line of imprint reads: "London: printed by Peter Cole, printer and book-seller, at the", "Cornhil" in imprint and p. 174 is misnumbered 284; another edition has the first line of imprint "London: printed by Peter Cole, printer and book-seller, at the", "Cornhill" in imprint and p. 174 is misnumbered 184 and a third edition has just "London" in the first line of imprint and p. 174 is misnumbered 284.Citation/references Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C7503Subject Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.

Materia medica -- Early works to 1800.