Pharmako-basanos, or, The touch-stone of medicines : discovering the vertues of vegetables, minerals, & animals, by their tastes & smells : in two volumes / by Sir John Floyer, of the city of Litchfield, kt., M.D. of Queens-College, Oxford.
1687
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Title
Pharmako-basanos, or, The touch-stone of medicines : discovering the vertues of vegetables, minerals, & animals, by their tastes & smells : in two volumes / by Sir John Floyer, of the city of Litchfield, kt., M.D. of Queens-College, Oxford.
Uniform title
Pharmako-basanos. Vol. 1
Created/published
London : Printed for Michael Johnson, bookseller in Litchfield : and are to be sold by Robert Clavel, at the Peacock in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1687.
Description
[28], 321, [3] p. ; 19 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734, author.
Johnson, Michael, 1656-1731, bookseller, publisher.
Clavell, Robert, -1711, bookseller.
Baldwyne, Carolus, active 17th century, former owner.
Carre, John, active 17th century, former owner.
Shattuck, James, active 19th century, former owner.
Johnson, Michael, 1656-1731, bookseller, publisher.
Clavell, Robert, -1711, bookseller.
Baldwyne, Carolus, active 17th century, former owner.
Carre, John, active 17th century, former owner.
Shattuck, James, active 19th century, former owner.
Note
The first two words are in Greek characters.
The words "vegetables, minerals, & animals," are bracketed together on title page.
With a preliminary imprimatur leaf and a final leaf of advertisement.
With a divisional title page ("Pharmako-basanos: or, The touch-stone of medicines. Vol. I. Containing three parts ... "), lacking imprint, bound after general title page.
Volume one only; at the foot of the divisional title page: "The second volume will be publisht next Michaelmas-Term"; the next volume was in fact not published until Michaelmas term in 1690. Cf. Arber, E., The Term Catalogues, 1668-1709, vol. 2, pp. 334-335.
Signatures: A⁸ (a)⁶ B-X⁸ 2A².
Errata: leaf 2A1 verso.
The words "vegetables, minerals, & animals," are bracketed together on title page.
With a preliminary imprimatur leaf and a final leaf of advertisement.
With a divisional title page ("Pharmako-basanos: or, The touch-stone of medicines. Vol. I. Containing three parts ... "), lacking imprint, bound after general title page.
Volume one only; at the foot of the divisional title page: "The second volume will be publisht next Michaelmas-Term"; the next volume was in fact not published until Michaelmas term in 1690. Cf. Arber, E., The Term Catalogues, 1668-1709, vol. 2, pp. 334-335.
Signatures: A⁸ (a)⁶ B-X⁸ 2A².
Errata: leaf 2A1 verso.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, R177141
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), F1388
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), F1388
Genre/form
Reference books.
Descriptions (documents)
Imprimaturs.
Annotations.
Insertions (Provenance)
Underscoring.
Manicules.
Descriptions (documents)
Imprimaturs.
Annotations.
Insertions (Provenance)
Underscoring.
Manicules.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
269- 445q
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: wanting the imprimatur and title leaves. Small hole on D1 with slight loss. A small section torn off of leaf I1, affixed to recto with metal straight pin. Autographs: in 17th-century hands: "John Carre his Booke"; "Ex Dono Caroli Baldwyne"; p. 124 in a later hand: "James Shattock [h]is book, 1824 Bristol more fields." Copiously marked throughout in an early hand with manicules, stars, underlining, and annotations; some shaved from close trimming. Torn slip with additional recipes in early hand laid in between pages 156-157. In early leather inboard binding, recased and endpapers renewed. Acquired from Byass Rare Books, 2015-09-11.
Folger accession
269445