The Universal Body of Physick in five Books; comprehending the Several Treatises of Nature, of Diseases and their Causes, of Symptomes, of the preservation of Health, and of Cures.
London: Printed for Philip Briggs,1657. Translated by William Carr 4to (280 x 180 mm). Title, woodcut decoration and initials to prefaces, 2 folding tables, index and errata. Contemporary tooled calf. Condition: title trimmed and with small tear at left margin, tear to D4, repair to 2nd table; rebacked and recased incorporating a portion of the original spine, extremities lightly worn. Provenance: Thomas Ward (“Chymist Oxford/ 1831,” signature to final leaf); signed again by above on title page and dated 1834; extensive medical notes to final pastedown dated 1716. An interesting early work on diseases and cures. This copy formerly owned by a 19th centery Oxford Chemist and contains early notes dated from 1716. ABPC records only three copies of this edition having been sold and none since 1982.
The Universal Body of Physick in five Books; comprehending the Several Treatises of Nature, of Diseases and their Causes, of Symptomes, of the preservation of Health, and of Cures.
London: Printed for Philip Briggs,1657. Translated by William Carr 4to (280 x 180 mm). Title, woodcut decoration and initials to prefaces, 2 folding tables, index and errata. Contemporary tooled calf. Condition: title trimmed and with small tear at left margin, tear to D4, repair to 2nd table; rebacked and recased incorporating a portion of the original spine, extremities lightly worn. Provenance: Thomas Ward (“Chymist Oxford/ 1831,” signature to final leaf); signed again by above on title page and dated 1834; extensive medical notes to final pastedown dated 1716. An interesting early work on diseases and cures. This copy formerly owned by a 19th centery Oxford Chemist and contains early notes dated from 1716. ABPC records only three copies of this edition having been sold and none since 1982.
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