[Lupton, Thomas]. A Thousand Notable Things of Sundrie Sortes, whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant, divers necessary, a great sort profitable and many very precious
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1627: A famous English collection of medical, herbal and alchemical receipts,
[Lupton, Thomas]. A Thousand Notable Things of Sundrie Sortes, whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant, divers necessary, a great sort profitable and many very precious. London, Printed by E. ALL-DE for N.FOSBROOKE, 1627. Small 4to., 3 preliminary leaves, 174 (i.e. 214), [19] pages, 18 cm. Black letter, a few woodcut initials, two small perforated library stamps, some inner damsoyaining to last leaves, 1 leaf of table with small partial lossy to margin just touching text, last table leaf half cut and rebacked without loss, some very minor lower edge gnawing. Binding: 19th century vellum, marbled endpapers, white library marking to spine, bookplate, library pocket to inner rear board. STC 16960. VERY RARE. The first Ten Books appeared in 1579, the work being a collection of medical, herbal and alchemical receipts, etc. It was expanded and all editions are scarce as a utilitarian work that was read to pieces. Despite some condition flaws, one of the better copies on the market in many years with RBH noting only one copy in the auction records.
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- Adam Weinberger Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- [Lupton, Thomas]. A Thousand Notable Things of Sundrie Sortes, whereof some are wonderfull, some strange, some pleasant, divers necessary, a great sort profitable and many very precious
- Format/Binding
- 19th century vellum,
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London, Printed by E. ALL-DE for N.FOSBROOKE, 1627.
- Date Published
- 1627
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- alchemy, medicine, alchemical, early english, STC, 17th century
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...