The surgeons mate, or, Military & domestique surgery : discouering faithfully & plainly [the] method and order of [the] surgeons chest, [the] vses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of [the] medicines, wth [the] exact cures of wounds made by gun-shott; and otherwise ... : with a treatise of [the] cure of [the] plague : published for the service of His Matie. and of the com. wealth / by John Woodall, mr in chyrurgerie.
1639
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Title
The surgeons mate, or, Military & domestique surgery : discouering faithfully & plainly [the] method and order of [the] surgeons chest, [the] vses of the instruments, the vertues and operations of [the] medicines, wth [the] exact cures of wounds made by gun-shott; and otherwise ... : with a treatise of [the] cure of [the] plague : published for the service of His Matie. and of the com. wealth / by John Woodall, mr in chyrurgerie.
Uniform title
Surgeons mate
Created/published
London : Printed by Rob. Young, for Nicholas Bourne, and are to be sold at his shop at the south entrance of the Royall Exchange, MDCXXXIX [1639]
Description
[36], 98, 141-275, [13], 301-412, [11] p., [5] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 30 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Woodall, John, 1556?-1643. author.
Young, Robert, -1643, printer.
Bourne, Nicholas, -1660, bookseller.
Legate, John, -1658, printer.
Purslowe, Elizabeth, active 1633-1646, printer.
Williams, Wm. (William), before 1956, signer.
Young, Robert, -1643, printer.
Bourne, Nicholas, -1660, bookseller.
Legate, John, -1658, printer.
Purslowe, Elizabeth, active 1633-1646, printer.
Williams, Wm. (William), before 1956, signer.
Note
Engraved title page.
Title continues: as namely: wounds, apostumes, vlcers, fistula's, fractures, dislocations, wth [the] most easie & safest wayes of amputation or dismembering, the cures of the scuruey, of [the] fluxes of ye belly, of [the] collicke and iliaca passio, of tenasmus and exitus ani, and the calenture.
Signatures: A⁶ B⁶(B5+chi1) C-F⁴ G⁸ H-O⁴ P⁶ 2A-2R⁴ [par.]⁶ 3A-3O⁴ 3P-3R².
Young printed the first set of gatherings, apparently J. Legat printed the second, and E. Purslowe the third. Cf. STC.
The "Viaticum", "Of the plague", and "A treatise of gangrena" have separate title pages with imprint: London, Printed by E.P. for Nicolas Bourne, 1639. Pagination and signatures are separate for "Viaticum" but continuous through "Of the plague" and "A treatise of gangrena."
Numerous pagination and signature errors.
Final p. blank.
Errata on p. [10] at end.
Title continues: as namely: wounds, apostumes, vlcers, fistula's, fractures, dislocations, wth [the] most easie & safest wayes of amputation or dismembering, the cures of the scuruey, of [the] fluxes of ye belly, of [the] collicke and iliaca passio, of tenasmus and exitus ani, and the calenture.
Signatures: A⁶ B⁶(B5+chi1) C-F⁴ G⁸ H-O⁴ P⁶ 2A-2R⁴ [par.]⁶ 3A-3O⁴ 3P-3R².
Young printed the first set of gatherings, apparently J. Legat printed the second, and E. Purslowe the third. Cf. STC.
The "Viaticum", "Of the plague", and "A treatise of gangrena" have separate title pages with imprint: London, Printed by E.P. for Nicolas Bourne, 1639. Pagination and signatures are separate for "Viaticum" but continuous through "Of the plague" and "A treatise of gangrena."
Numerous pagination and signature errors.
Final p. blank.
Errata on p. [10] at end.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Lost at Sea.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S95910
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 25963
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 25963
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 25963
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available. Trimmed, affecting some headlines. P4 foxed, and 3Q1 torn, affecting text. Half bound in maroon sheepskin. Provenance: inscriptions on A2r: "Wm William's" and "T.F's"; bought by the Folger from F. Edwards, April 1956
Folger accession
147455