LOVELL, William. The Dukes Desk Newly Broken Up Wherein is Discovered Divers Rare Receipts of Physick and Surgery. Together with Several Medicines to Prevent, and Cure the Most Pestilent Diseases in any Cattel. London: John Garway, 1661. Woodcut title-border, headband and initial. ESTC R216924 (?erroneous collation, locating only 2 copies); cf. Wellcome III, p. 552 (variant imprint). [Bound with:] LOVELL, W. The Queens Remedies. London: F. Coles, 1664. Type-ornament title-border and woodcut headpiece. (Some spotting and marking, worming and tearing causing losses, some neatly repaired). Contemporary limp vellum bearing earlier manuscript (some neatly-repaired worming and losses). RARE. NOT IN ESTC, THE BRITISH LIBRARY, THE WELLCOME LIBRARY OR THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE.

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LOVELL, William. The Dukes Desk Newly Broken Up Wherein is Discovered Divers Rare Receipts of Physick and Surgery. Together with Several Medicines to Prevent, and Cure the Most Pestilent Diseases in any Cattel. London: John Garway, 1661. Woodcut title-border, headband and initial. ESTC R216924 (?erroneous collation, locating only 2 copies); cf. Wellcome III, p. 552 (variant imprint). [Bound with:] LOVELL, W. The Queens Remedies. London: F. Coles, 1664. Type-ornament title-border and woodcut headpiece. (Some spotting and marking, worming and tearing causing losses, some neatly repaired). Contemporary limp vellum bearing earlier manuscript (some neatly-repaired worming and losses). RARE. NOT IN ESTC, THE BRITISH LIBRARY, THE WELLCOME LIBRARY OR THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE.

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Two rare works by William Lovell, who styled himself 'Gentleman and Traveller'; the first work clearly enjoyed some popularity, passing through several editions during the 17th century (all of which are scarce), and the second work appears to be unknown apart from this copy.

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