A Sure Guide ; or, the best and nearest way to Physick and Chyrurgery . Being an anatomical description of the whol body of man, and its parts. Written in Latine, by Johannes Riolanus. Englished by N. Culpeper, . and W. R.

Riolan, Jean 1580-1657 / Culpeper, Nicholas 1616-1654 / R. W. Doctor of the Liberal Arts, etc. [ Rand, William fl. 1656 ]:

Published by London : Printed by Peter Cole and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the Printing-Press in Cornhil neer the Royal Exchange, 1657

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First edition. Folio. [pp.14]/pp.68/pp.69 - 88 (facsimile)/pp.89 - 94/pp.95-96 (facsimile)/pp.97- 232/pp.233 -234/pp.235-288/ 24 descriptive leaves + 23 leaves of plates (Plate 8 facsimile)/ [pp.12 - The Table + Advert] . Full calf tastefully re-backed, tear to tip of front board, horizontal printed half title reads Culpeppers Six Books of Physick and Chyrugery, with loss to corner, toning throughout being particularly heavy to the rear and p.219 to p.222, p.69 to p.88 facsimile prints, along with p.95.96 and p.233/4, small hole to top right of p.21/2, worm hole running at foot not affecting text from p.213 to p. 241, small tear with loss to top corner of p.265/6, pp.288, 24 plates with one being a facsimile, not with out its issues, but a scarce early work. *Referenced by: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) R1525.

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• Title: A Sure Guide ; or, the best and nearest way to Physick and Chyrurgery . Being an anatomical description of the whol body of man, and its parts. Written in Latine, by Johannes Riolanus. Englished by N. Culpeper, . and W. R.
• Publisher: London : Printed by Peter Cole and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the Printing-Press in Cornhil neer the Royal Exchange
• Publication Date: 1657
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  • SCIENCE::17TH CENTURY