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Culpeper's English Physician; and Complete Herbal. To Which are Now First Added, Upwards of One Hundred additional Herbs, with a Display of their Medicinal and Occult Properties, Physically Applied to The Cure of all Disorders incident to Mankind. To Which are Annexed Rules for Compounding Medicine according to the True System of Nature: Forming a Complete Family Dispensatory, and Natural System of Physic. Beautified and Enriched with Engravings of upwards of Four Hundred and Fifty Plants, and a Set of Anatomical Figures. Illustrated with Notes and Observations, Critical and Explanatory. By E. Sibly, M.D., Fellow of the Harmonic Philosophical Society at Paris; and Author of the Complete Illustration of Astronomy and Occult Sciences. London: Printed for the Author, and Sold at The British Directory Office, Ave-Marie-Lane; and by Champagne and Witrow, Jewry-Street, Aldgate. 1790, 396 pp, 256 pp, modern cloth binding, 10 x 8.5", 4to. *Five Missing Plates in the Medical Section: "Celestial Influx on Woman" (p. 19), "Muscles, Plate I." (p. 59), "The Human Skeleton" (p. 72), "Process of Delivery" (p. 230), and "Position of the Embryos in a plural Conception" (p. 233). **The medical section is also missing pages 229-244, which is the section on "Child Birth." In poor condition. As is. Front board to xii (preliminary pages, frontispiece, title-page, and preface) are detached from binding. Modern boards are lightly scuffed at edges & corners. Head and tail of modern spine rubbed. Modern marbled end-papers clean. Marginalia and a possible previous ownership signature (erased therefore difficult to read) found on front fly-leaf. Toning and finger-soiling throughout text-blocks. Possible witch's notes only found in Herbal section of this work - every herb until p. 311 is hand-labeled with their scientific or English name. Some herbs are accompanied with several sentences of notes. Some instances of torn or bent corners throughout text-blocks. Rear gutter split at p. 248-8 - binding exposed. Binding fragile. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. The original version of Nicholas Culpeper's (1616-1654) English Physician and Complete Herbal was published in 1652 without any illustrations. In 1790, an illustrated version of the work was produced with drawings done by Ebenezer Sibly (1751- c. 1799). Sibly was classified as an English physician, astrologer, and writer on the occult. As a student of medicine, he became interested in the theories on animal magnetism by Anton Mesmer (1734-1815) joining Mesmer's Harmonic Philosophical School, and later also theosophy. In 1784, Sibly joined the Freemasons. Sibly is best remembered for two books: The Complete Illustration of the Celestial Art of Astrology and The Conjurer's Magazine (the only occult periodical in England). According to Sibly, spirits live in another world that is neither heaven nor hell. Magic can summon only the evil spirit. Good spirits watch over humans, but do not respond to any summoning. Sibly even mentions seven good spirits and seven wicked spirits in his works. As a physician, Sibly creates a tincture which claims "Restoration of Life in Cases of Sudden Death. In all circumstances of suicide, or sudden death, immediate recourse should be had to this medicine, which will not fail to restore life, provided the organs and juices are in a fit disposition for it, which undoubtedly are much oftener than is imagined." As an astrologer, he is said to have used the Placidian system. As a student of alchemy, Sibly translated Bernard of Treviso. Incredibly interesting work in and of itself, with all plates included in the herbal section, and eight out of thirteen plates included in the medical section. WITCH's hand-written notes throughout herbal section. Perfect candidate for restoration (i.e. re-attach front board). RAREB1790GQSX - 12/23 FORN-SHELF-0460-BB-2409-HKREV67. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers RAREB1790GQSX
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