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The Urinal of Physick, Reynolde Wolfe, [1548]

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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The Urinal of Physick, black letter, woodcut vignette of a man holding a urine jar on title, 2 woodcut illustrations, lacks 5 leaves (f. 13, index and ?colophon), repair to margin of title with part loss of later ownership signature, marginal repairs to margin of final 8 leaves just touching a few letters, modern vellum [STC 20817; not in Durling or Wellcome], 8vo (126 x 85mm.), Reynolde Wolfe, [1548]

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SCARCE. First published in 1547, The Urinal was "a medical work on the judgment of urines, full of sensible nursing practice" (DSB), and dedicated to the Company of Surgeons. Evidently popular, it was reprinted as late as 1679.

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