Moffet-well, or, A topographico-spagyricall description of the mineral wells, at Moffet in Annandale of Scotland / Translated, and much enlarged, by the author Matthew Mackaile, chyrurgo-medicine. As also, The oyly-well ... at St. Catharines Chappel in the paroch of Libberton. To these is subjoyned, a character of Mr. Culpeper and his writings.

  • Mackaile, Matthew, active 1657-1696.
Date:
1664
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Fons Moffetensis. English
Oyly-well

Publication/Creation

Edinburgh : Printed for Robert Brown, and are to be sold at his shop ..., 1664.

Physical description

196 pages ; 15 cm (8vo)

Notes

P.[111] and [145] are divisional t.ps., imprints as main t.p
A translation of the author's Fons Moffetensis, Edinburgh, 1659, with additions
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Quaritch Note: Binding: contemp. blind-ruled calf. Recent book-plate of Catherine Kinnear

Contents

Preliminaries, p.[1]-42. - "Moffet-Well ... ", p.43-96. - "An Appendix, Concerning the saltness of the Sea, &c", p.97-110. - "The Oyly-Well ... ", p.[111]-138. - "Monstrum Cathanesiense: Or, A drscription [sic] of a monstrous Child, born and living in Caithness", p.139-143. - "Culpeper's Character ... ", p.[145]-187. - "Postscript To Culpepers Ghost", p.188-96

References note

Wing M148
ESTC R17306
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), M148

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