Turner, Robert (1620-1665?)
- Date:
- 1657
- Manuscripts
About this work
Description
Collection of medical and technical 'secrets': followed by 'The theater of Nature treating of some magnetical cures, of the secret qualityes of herbes, stones, and chimicalls' (Incomplete). The 'Theater of Nature' begins on p. 69, but is incomplete, signed 'Ro. Turner. 3 August 1657. Christophers Alley in St. Martyns le grand.' It is almost certainly a contemporary copy, and may possibly be holograph. Produced in London.
Publication/Creation
1657
Physical description
1 volume
pp. 35-137 + 2 bl. leaves 4to. 191/2 ? 15 cm. Unbound. Ppage 1-34, 47-50, 55-66, 71-78, 119-122, 127-130 wanting: margins and corners frayed.
pp. 35-137 + 2 bl. leaves 4to. 191/2 ? 15 cm. Unbound. Ppage 1-34, 47-50, 55-66, 71-78, 119-122, 127-130 wanting: margins and corners frayed.
Biographical note
No record has been traced of the publication of this work: the author was an astrologer and botanist [see the Dictionary of National Biography].
Creator/production credits
Turner, Robert, 1620-1665?
Language note
In English.
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location of original
Wellcome Library; GB.
Location Status Access Closed storesMS.4867