Panacea; or The universal medicine, : being a discovery of the wonderfull vertues of tobacco taken in a pipe, with its operation and use both in physick and chyrurgery

Title Variants

Alternative: Panacea

Alternative: Universal medicine

Uniform: De herba panacea

By

Everard, Giles.

Neander, Johann, ca.1596-ca1630
Clusius, Carolus, 1526-1609
Monardes, Nicolás, approximately 1512-1588

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Printed for Simon Miller at the Star in St. Pauls Church-Yard, near the West-End, 1659

Notes

Probably a translation of the author's "De herba panacea" published at Utrecht in 1644. Cf. Church, no. 557.

Epistle dedicatory (running title) signed: J.R.

Comprises translations of the author's De herba panacea, first printed Antwerp, 1587, that was printed as part of Johann Neander's Tabacologica, first printed Leiden, 1622. Also includes some passages from Charles L'Ecluses' [i.e. Carolus Clusius] edition of Nicolás Monardes Exoticorum libri decem, first printed Leiden, 1605.

"Panacea, or The universall medicine; being a discourse and discription [sic] of tobacco, with its preparation and use", p. 1-79, 2nd count, has separate caption title.

"Dr Everard his discourse of the wonderfull effects & operation of tobacco", p. 1-55, 4th count, has separate caption title.

Signatures: A-E⁸ (A1 verso blank) F-G⁴ (G4 verso blank) H-L⁸ (L8 verso blank)

Errors in paging: p. 53, 4th count, printed as a backwards 3 followed by the correctly printed numeral 5.

Bookseller's advertisements: p. [1-8], 5th count.

Woodcut head pieces; initials.

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), | E3530.

Arents, G. Tobacco | 271.

Waring, E.J. Bib. theraputica, | 710.

National Library of Medicine. Seventeenth century printed books, | 3748.

European Americana | 659/71.

English short title catalogue | R1871.

Subjects

1659 , Booksellers' catalogs , Great Britain , Imprint 1659 , Physiological effect , Smoking , Tobacco

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.162646
OCLC: 276173510