The vertuose boke of distyllacyon of the waters of all maner of herbes : with the fygures of the styllatoryes, fyrst made and compyled by the thyrte yeres study and labour of the moste co[n]nynge and famous mayster of phisyke, Master Iherom bruynswyke. And now newly translate[d] 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, and remedy of all maner dysseases and infirmytees apparant and nat apparant. And ye shall vnderstande that the waters be better than the herbes, as Auicenna testefyeth in his fourthe conon saynge that all maner medicynes vsed with theyr substance, febleth and maketh aged, and weke. Cum gratia et preuilegio regali.
| Author/creator | Brunschwig, Hieronymus |
| Other author | Andrew, Laurence, fl. 1510-1537. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Imprynted at London : In the flete strete by me Laurens Andrewe, in the sygne of the golden Crosse, In the yere of our lorde. M.ccccc.xxvii. the xviii daye of Apryll. [1527] [i.e. 1528?]] |
| Description | [278] p. : ill. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240861659 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Liber de arte distillandi. English |
| Variant title | Liber de arte distillandi. |
| Variant title | Prologue of this present boke of dystyllacyons. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Translation of a German version of: Liber de arte distillandi. |
| General note | Translated by Laurence Andrew, whose name appears in the heading to the prologue on [par.]2r. |
| General note | First three words of title are xylographic. |
| General note | Title page in red and black. |
| General note | Imprint from colophon; actual publication date conjectured by STC. |
| General note | Signatures: [par.]⁴ a-b⁶ c-d⁴ e-f⁶ A⁴ B-S⁴·⁶ T⁴ U-X⁶ (X6 blank). |
| General note | "The prologue of this present boke of dystyllacyon.s" [sic], caption title, A1r. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 13436. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 53:08) |
| Stock number | CL0036000002 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
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