• The Treasure of Euonymus: Conteyninge the Wonderful Hid Secrets of Nature …, [1559]

Curatorial Notes:

• The Latin Treasure of Euonymus, compiled by the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gesner, was one of the earliest printed collections of chemical remedies, which helped to popularize their use in England. These remedies included the “quintessence,” made by repeatedly distilling wine. Outside alchemy, distillation apparatus was widely used to make medicinal oils and waters. Here, the text instructs on the type of furnace required for these delicate operations.

Credit Line:

• The Scheide Library, Princeton University Library

Format:

• Book

Type:

• Early works to 1800

Creator:

• Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565

Author:

• Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565

Language:

• English

Publisher:

• London : John Day, [1559].

Date:

• 1559

Extent:

• [20], 408 p. ; 18.3 x 12 cm.

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9948510143506421

Subject:

• Distillation—Early works to 1800
• Medicine—Early works to 1800

Printer:

• Day, John, 1522-1584

Contributor:

• Morwen, Peter

Description:

• WHS shelf-list has note: Inv. 930.

References:

• STC (2nd ed.) 11800.

Provenance:

• WHS shelf-list has no date of acquisition or name of vendor.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/rv0431071