Register von Nutzbarkeit Allerhand distillirten Wassern Zu allen Gliedmassen und Kranckheiten des Menschen dienstlich ....
first edition Disbound.
1609 · Erffordt [Erfurt]
by Anon. - PLANT DISTILLATION
Erffordt [Erfurt]: Jacob Singe, 1609. First Edition?. Disbound.. Some overall toning; occasional catch word trimmed, but otherwise very good.. 8vo. A vignette title page and text illustration. 56 pp. - with one printer error in signing.
A succinct manual of plant distillates ('waters') and chemistry that are proposed as cures for various ailments. General directions for the use of the botanic remedies is given under headings for individual ailments, e.g., used as a wash for an affected limb, taken as a drink, applied with a bandage, drunk warmed up. The author is unknown, noted only with the appellation ' ... einem furnemen [sic] Medico ....' Remedy manuals of this vintage rarely survive. Unlocated. Absent from VD17, but the same title has one holding in VD16 dated 1600 and a different place of publication. (Inventory #: 15082)
A succinct manual of plant distillates ('waters') and chemistry that are proposed as cures for various ailments. General directions for the use of the botanic remedies is given under headings for individual ailments, e.g., used as a wash for an affected limb, taken as a drink, applied with a bandage, drunk warmed up. The author is unknown, noted only with the appellation ' ... einem furnemen [sic] Medico ....' Remedy manuals of this vintage rarely survive. Unlocated. Absent from VD17, but the same title has one holding in VD16 dated 1600 and a different place of publication. (Inventory #: 15082)