Author: [?CRAMER (John or Gabriel)]:
Title: Thesaurus Secretorum Curiosorum in quo Curiosa non Solum ad Omnes Corporis Humani cùm internos, tùm externos Morbos curandos, sed etiam ad Cutis, Faciei, aliarumque Partium ornatum, formam, nitorem, & elegantiam conciliandos continentur Secreta. Quibus Insuper Quamplurima Varii Generis non minus Curiosa, quam utilia addita sunt Secreta. Cume Indice Partium, Capitum, & Materiarum qua in toto Opere continentur.
Description: Coloniae Allobrogum Sumptibus Societatis. 1709. FIRST EDITION. 4to, 212 x 127 mms., pp.[xvi], 552, 653 - 668, title-page in red and black with"E. Libris Rd. Hamilton" on the top margin, recently rebound in half dark brown calf, morocco label, marbled boards; title-page a bit soiled, but a good copy. The attribution of authorship to Gabriel or John Cramer is found in Alexander Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary. Compilations of this sort, consisting of alchemy, medicine, folk remedies, magic, probably haven't lost their popularity over the ages, with the emphasis often on magic and secrecy. This one promises to examine the whole human body, with reference to the treatment of internal and external diseases. The empirical medical researchers in the 17th century in Britain, such as Harvey and Descartes, were moving away from chemical and spagiric treatments of illness. but quack handbooks did not lose their popularity.

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