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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 master of phisyke, Maister Iherom bruynswyke. And now newly translate 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 vndersta[n]de that the waters be better than the herbes, as Auicenna testefyeth in his fourth canon saynge that all maner medicynes vsed with theyr substance, febleth and maketh aged, and weke. Cum gratia et priuilegio regali.

Author/creator Brunschwig, Hieronymus, ca. 1450-ca. 1512
Other author/creatorAndrew, Laurence, fl. 1510-1537.
Format Electronic and Book
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. [1527] the xviii daye of Apryll]
Description[276] p. : ill.
Supplemental Content https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240852079
Subject(s)
Uniform titleLiber de arte distillandi. English
Variant title Liber de arte distillandi.
Series Early English books online. ^A888680
General noteA translation of a German version of: Liber de arte distillandi.
General noteTranslated by Laurence Andrew, whose name appears in the heading to the prologue on [par.]2r.
General noteFirst three words of title are xylographic.
General noteTitle page in red and black.
General noteImprint from colophon.
General noteSignatures: [par.]⁴ a-b⁶ c-d⁴ e-f⁶ A⁴ B-S⁴·⁶ T⁴ U⁶ x⁴.
General noteReproduction of the original in the British Library.
References STC (2nd ed.) 13435.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 53:07)
Stock numberCL0036000002 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218

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