An edition of Culpeper's last legacy (1655)

Culpeper's last legacy

left and bequeathed to his dearest wife, for the publicke good : being the choicest and most profitable of those secrets which while he lived were lockt up in his breast, and resolved never to be publisht till after his death : containing sundry admirable experiences in severall sciences, more especially in chyrurgery and physick ... : with two particular treatises, the one of feavers, the other of pestilence, as also other rare and choice aphorisms ... never publisht before in any of his other works

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An edition of Culpeper's last legacy (1655)

Culpeper's last legacy

left and bequeathed to his dearest wife, for the publicke good : being the choicest and most profitable of those secrets which while he lived were lockt up in his breast, and resolved never to be publisht till after his death : containing sundry admirable experiences in severall sciences, more especially in chyrurgery and physick ... : with two particular treatises, the one of feavers, the other of pestilence, as also other rare and choice aphorisms ... never publisht before in any of his other works

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1655

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1 Culpeper's last legacy: left and bequeathed to his dearest wife for the publick good : being the choicest and most profitable of those secrets which while he lived were lock'd up in his breast and resolved never to be published till after his death : containing sundry admirable experiences in several sciences more especially in chyrurgery and physick ... : with two particular treatises, the one of fevers, the other of pestilence ... : with an addition of two hundred choice receipts ... and a compleat table 1685, Printed for Obadiah Blagrave Microform in English - The sixth impression : whereunto is added an exact and perfect treatise of anatomy of the reins and bladder, brain and nerves, of all the parts of the body, never published before this year 1685	zzzz Locate
2 Culpeper's last legacy: left and bequeathed to his dearest wife for the publick good... The sixth impression whereunto is added an exact and perfect treatise of anatomy... never published before this year 1685. 1685, Printed for Obadiah Blagrave in English	zzzz Locate
3 Culpeper's last legacy: containing ... experiences ... in chyrurgery and physick 1685, Blagrave in English	zzzz Locate
4 Culpeper's last legacy: left and bequeathed to his dearest wife, for the publick good : being the choycest and most profitable of those secrets which while he lived were lockt up in his breast, and resolved never to be publish'd till after his death : containing sundry admirable experiences in several sciences, more especially in chirurgery and physick ... 1676, Printed for Nath. Brooke ... in English - The fifth impression, whereunto is added An exact and perfect treatise of the anatomy of the reins and bladder, brain and nerves of all parts of the body, never published before this year 1676 / by Nicholas Culpeper.	zzzz Locate
5 Culpeper's last legacy: left and bequeathed to his dearest wife, for the publick good. Being the choicest and most profitable of those secrets which while he lived were lockt up in his breast, and resolved never to be publisht till after his death. Containing sundry admirable experiences in several sciences, more especially in chyrurgery and physick: viz. compounding of medicines, making of waters, syrups, oyles, electuaries, conserves, salts, pills, purges, and trochischs. With two particular treatises; the one of feavers, the other of pestilence: as also rare and choice aphorisms and receipts, fitted to the understanding of the meanest capacities. The fifth impression; whereunto is added 200 choice receipts, lately found, never publisht before in any of his other works; with a compleat table. By Nicholas Culpeper Gent. student in astrology and physick 1671, printed for Nath. Brooke at the Angel in Cornhil, and Obad. Blagrave at the printing-press in Little-Britain over against the Pump Microform in English	zzzz Locate
6 Culpeper's last legacy: left and bequeathed to his dearest wife, for the publick good. Being the choycest and most profitable of those secrets which while he lived were lockt up in his breast, and resolved never to be publisht till after his death. Containing sundry admirable experiences in severall sciences, more especially in chyrurgery and physick: viz. compounding of medicines, making of waters, syrups, oyles, electuaries, conserves, salts, pills, purges, and trochischs. With two particular treatises; the one of feavers, the other of pestilence: as also rare and choyce aphorismes and receipts, fitted to the understanding of the meanest capacities. The fourth impression; whereunto is added 200 choyce receipts, lately found, never publisht before in any of his other works; with a compleat table. By Nicholas Culpeper Gent. student in astrology and physick 1668, printed by Tho. Ratcliffe for Nath. Brooke at the Angel in Gresham-colledge; and for Ben. Billingsley and Obadiah Blagrave at the Printing Press in Broadstreet Microform in English	zzzz Locate
7 Culpeper's last legacy: left and bequeathed to his dearest wife for the publike good : being the choicest and most profitable of those secrets which while he lived were lockt up in his breast and resolved never to be publisht till after his death : containing sundry admirable experiences in severall sciences more especially in chyrurgery and physick ... 1657, Printed for N. Brooke Microform in English	zzzz Locate
8 Culpeper's last legacy: left and bequeathed to his dearest wife, for the publicke good : being the choicest and most profitable of those secrets which while he lived were lockt up in his breast, and resolved never to be publisht till after his death : containing sundry admirable experiences in severall sciences, more especially in chyrurgery and physick ... : with two particular treatises, the one of feavers, the other of pestilence, as also other rare and choice aphorisms ... never publisht before in any of his other works 1655, Printed for N. Brooke ... Microform in English	aaaa Locate

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A treatise of the head

Febrilia, or, A treatise of feavers in generall

Physical aphorismes

A treatise of the pestilence

Composita, or, A synopsis of the chiefest compositions in use now with Galenists

Aphorismes

Select aphorismes

Select medicinall aphorismes

Edition Notes

Each treatise, except the first and third, has special t.p

"The authenticity of this work ... seems in the main undoubted, in spite of Mrs. Culpeper's denials"--DNB

Imperfect: film lacks second group of pagings ([4], 73 p.) which includes the second through the fourth titles in the Contents

Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library

Wing C7518

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1964. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 138:12)

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Published in: [London]
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 138:12

The Physical Object

Format: Microform
Pagination: [7], 48 p., [4], 73 p., [4], 144 [i.e. 140] p.
Number of pages: 144

Edition Identifiers

Open Library: OL15018931M

Work Identifiers

Work ID: OL4115913W

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Culpeper's last legacy

by Nicholas Culpeper