The book of knowledge : treating of the wisdom of the ancients : in four parts : I. Shewing the various and wonderful operations of the signs and planets ... on the bodies of men, &c. II. Prognostications for ever necessary to keep the body in health; with several choice receipts in physic and surgery. III. An abstract of the art of physiognomy and palmestry ... IV. The farmer's calendar ... / written by Erra Pater ... ; made English by W. Lilly ... ; to which is added, the true form of all sorts of bills, bonds, counter-bonds.

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1806
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The book of knowledge : treating of the wisdom of the ancients : in four parts : I. Shewing the various and wonderful operations of the signs and planets ... on the bodies of men, &c. II. Prognostications for ever necessary to keep the body in health; with several choice receipts in physic and surgery. III. An abstract of the art of physiognomy and palmestry ... IV. The farmer's calendar ... / written by Erra Pater ... ; made English by W. Lilly ... ; to which is added, the true form of all sorts of bills, bonds, counter-bonds. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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New-York : Published by Evert Duyckinck ..., 1806.

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144 pages : illustrations ; 14 cm (12mo)

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Shaw & Shoemaker 10367

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Woodcut frontispiece, zodiac man (p. 8), and tailpiece
NLM copy imperfect: p. 141-144 mutilated with partial loss of text.

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