The practice of physick, in seventeen several books. Wherein is plainly set forth, the nature, cause, differences, and several sorts of signs; together with the cure of all diseases in the body of man. By Nicholas Culpeper, physitian and astrologer. Abdiah Cole, Doctor o Physick. And William Rowland, physitian. Being chiefly a translation of the works of that learned and renowned doctor, Lazarus Riverius, now living: councellor and physitian to the present King of France. Above fifteen thousand of the said books in Latin have been sold in a very few yeers, having been eight times printed, though all the former impressions wanted the nature, causes, signs, and differences of the diseases, and had only the medicines for the cure of them; as plainly appears by the authors epistle. The names of the seventeen books ... are printed ... and put before these books With these books is bound a physical dictionary, ...

All titles

• The practice of physick, in seventeen several books. Wherein is plainly set forth, the nature, cause, differences, and several sorts of signs; together with the cure of all diseases in the body of man. By Nicholas Culpeper, physitian and astrologer. Abdiah Cole, Doctor o Physick. And William Rowland, physitian. Being chiefly a translation of the works of that learned and renowned doctor, Lazarus Riverius, now living: councellor and physitian to the present King of France. Above fifteen thousand of the said books in Latin have been sold in a very few yeers, having been eight times printed, though all the former impressions wanted the nature, causes, signs, and differences of the diseases, and had only the medicines for the cure of them; as plainly appears by the authors epistle. The names of the seventeen books ... are printed ... and put before these books With these books is bound a physical dictionary, ...
• Praxis medica. English
• Compleat practice of physick, in eighteen several books physical dictionary

People / Organizations

• Lazare Rivire (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by Peter Cole in Leaden-Hall, and are to be sold at his shop, at the sign of the Printing-press in Cornhil, neer the Royal Exchange, 1655.

Added name

Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654, tr. Cole, Abdiah, ca. 1610-ca. 1670, tr. Rowland, William, tr.

Publication year

1655

ESTC No.

R31176

Grub Street ID

113979

Description

[14], 435, 488-594, 611-645, [17] p., [1] leaf of plates : ports. ; 2⁰

Note

"Translation of the author's Praxis medica and Observations medicae & curationes insignes" -- NUC pre-1956 imprints.

Title page is a cancel, replacing the unissued title "The compleat practice of physick, in eighteen several books."

"A physical dictionary," has separate dated title page on leaf 4L1r.

Frontis. = plate.