-
Author
-
Date published
1659
-
Publisher
London : printed by Peter Cole, printer and book-seller, at the sign of the Printing-press in Cornhil, near the Royal Exchange, 1659
-
Subject
Pharmacopoeias England Early works to 1800
-
Accession number
8302235X
-
Class
SR - 97.8/
-
Language
-
Physical description
[28], 107, [1], 191-341, [5], 343-377, [33] p. ; 8°
-
Credit line
CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
General note: Nicholas Culpeper's translation and reworking (with many additions) of the "Pharmacopoeia Londinensis". "Originally published in 1649 under title: A physicall directory, or, A translation of the London dispensatory, made by the College of Physicians in London"--NUC pre-1956 imprints. With a vertical half-title: Culpepers Dispensatory in English. Numerous pages duplicated. "A key to Galen's method of physick" has separate dated title page; text continues pagination on p. 343; register is continuous. Includes indexes. Signatures: *4 A8 B² C8 ²C8 D-G8 I6 2A-2I8 2K4 [2L²] 2M-2P8 2Q². *1r and I6v are blank. In this edition, title page is bordered by double row of type ornaments, the imprint is in three lines and item 8 of the title begins "A key to Galen's Method". *1 (half-title); t.p. ruled in red UK-SuSCL Cited in: Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), C7530 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1979. 1 microfilm reel ; 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 980:9). Ownership and custodial history: MS. ink signatures: "Chas. Walmesley, 1799" on front fly leaf, and "Chas. Walmesley" on t.p., undated; purchased from P.J. and A.E. Dobell, 8 Bruton Street, London, 1929 UK-SuSCL