The vertuose boke of distyllacyon of the waters of all maner of herbes, with the fygures of the styllatoryes
Subtitle: fyrst made and compyled by the thyrte yeres study and labour of the moste cnynge and famous master of phisyke, Maister Iherom bruynswyke : and now newly translate out of Duyche into Englysshe, nat only to the synguler helpe and profyte of the surgyens, phisycyens, and pothecaryes, but also of all maner of people, parfytely and in dewe tyme and ordre to lerne to dystyll all maner of herbes, to the profyte, cure, & remedy of all maner dysseases and infirmytees apparant and nat apparant : and ye shall understande that the waters be better than the herbes, as Avicenna testefyeth in his fourth canon saynge that all maner medicynes used with theyr substance, febleth and maketh aged, and weke
Series: Early English Books, 1475-1640 -- 53
Publisher: In the flete strete by me Laurens Andrewe, in the sygne of the golden Crosse, In the yere of our lorde
Published: 1527
Place of publication: Imprynted at London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Distillation; Early works to 1800; Distillation apparatus; Herbs; Medical Botany; Pharmacy; Medicine; Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Work titles: Liber de arte distillandi
Notes: Signatures: [par.]⁴ a-b⁶ c-d⁴ e-f⁶ A⁴ B-R⁴³⁶ S⁴ T-X⁴³⁶.

Imprint from colophon.

First three words of title are xylographic. T.-p. in red and black.

Cum gratia et priuilegio regali.

A translation of a German version of: Liber de arte distillandi.

Translated by Laurence Andrew, whose name appears in the heading to the prologue on [par.]2r.

Title page in red and black.

STC (2nd ed.) 13435.

Purchased for the Boston Medical Library through the Anonymous Fund Leighton 1937 Feb. 8 30890.

Imperfect: Leaves a3-a4 wanting and supplied in facsimile.