A compleat body of chymistry: wherin is contained whatsoever is necessary for ... knowledge of this art ... and teaching the most exact preparation of animals, vegetables and minerals, so as to preserve their essential vertues / Rendered into English by P. D[e] C[ardonnel] Esq. one of the gentlemen of His Majesties Privy Chamber. Part. I.[-The second part].

Nicasius le Febure

Date:: 1664

Credit: A compleat body of chymistry: wherin is contained whatsoever is necessary for ... knowledge of this art ... and teaching the most exact preparation of animals, vegetables and minerals, so as to preserve their essential vertues / Rendered into English by P. D[e] C[ardonnel] Esq. one of the gentlemen of His Majesties Privy Chamber. Part. I.[-The second part]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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SD EE SII AT Fe daily to-ambellifh xt by thee newele Lines papa fapplyes:a y good And wholfome Rémedics.” Twas my good fortune to finde at Se- dan (which was then the place where’ Ll was fetled) ene Dr. Du- han deceafed, Dr. of Plyfick, and profeffor of Philofophy,; mbo did methe favour totn[trucst and {hew me much 3 °Twas of this great Man that I confelfe L recerv'd whatever did by degrees promote in me that good defign of diligent fearching into Phy- fecal verities,becaufe thofe nottans areal folutely necef[ary. for our Apothecary, that mould acqust himfelf well in his profefsion with requifite fidelity; and I can fay in commendation of his admi- yable Genius, that France hath fuffered much by. his nutimely death; for be mas defiguing then to publifh fome Wettiags which would bave mitch cllufivated ‘the kuomledge of things Natura), Medicine & Pharmacy. He had Anatomifed Nature inGeneral and particular fuffictently to acquit bimfelf honorably of what he bad undertaken, bad he not been ravilbt hence fo foon'to the inft- nite loffeof the Common-wealth of Learning, ° Afterwards at Paris, ZL had the happineffe of. liberty to comverfe with ME. du Clos ‘Dr, of Phyfick, who did me the favour to correS my. de faslis, andlead me as bythe hand of his judgement and expert- ence, throughall that which Lhsve undertaken in my endeavors to advdnce the dionity of Pharmacy, which now ites bending to- ward iisruisesif it Le tot upheld by its true Arches and Pillars, thofe farthful, learned sex perience d and curiow Phyfitians, This Excellent andevare Phyfitian denyed me nome of thofe lights , or ellufr ations, that are necel] ary for the well -doing of thofe that ad- dis themfelves to the legitimate preparation of Pharniacy 3 fo that Lamrndebted to Him for the wellaberng Ihave acqitred in my Profefsion, Ths I have continued till at lenoth I was onl led fomeyears fince by the favor of Mont, Wallor, the mot wer- thy and Chief Phy (itran to our moft invincible Monatch 5 AS Apo- Shecary and Diftziler im ordinary tothe K ing to perform by his pre- cepis D order leffons and operations in a courfe of the true Phar- | (4) macy,

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