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The art of distillation, or, A treatise of the choicest spagiricall preparations performed by way of distillation together with the description of the chiefest furnaces
Treatise of the choicest spagiricall preparations performed by way of distillation.
London-distiller.
French, John, 1616-1657.
[Edition statement: ] The second edition; to which is added, The London-distiller, exactly and truly shewing the way (in words at length, and not in mysterious characters and figures) to draw all sorts of spirits and strong-waters; to which is added their vertues, with the additions of other excellent waters.
With separate t.p. and pagination: The London-distiller, exactly and truly shewing the way (in words at length, and not in mysterious characters and figures) to draw all sorts of spirits and strong-waters; to which is added their vertues, with the addition of other excellent waters. London: Printed by E. Cotes, for Thomas Williams, 1652.
"The table" [i.e. index]: p. [1]-[16] at end.
[16], 191, 64, [16] p.
London: Printed by E. Cotes, for Thomas Williams ...,
Wing / F2170
English
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
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