Nekrokedeia: or, the art of embalming [electronic resource] : wherein is shewn the right of burial,...
Nekrokedeia: or, the art of embalming [electronic resource] : wherein is shewn the right of burial, the funeral ceremonies, and the several ways of preserving dead bodies in most nations of the world. With an Account of The particular Opinions, Experiments and Inventions of modern Physicians, Surgeons, Chymists and Anatomists. Also Some new Matter propos'd concerning a better Method of Embalming than hath hitherto been discover'd. And A Pharmacopoeia Galeno-Chymica, Anatomia sicca sive incruenta, &c. In three parts. The whole Work adorn'd with variety of Sculptures. By Thomas Greenhill, Surgeon.
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London : printed for the author, [1705]
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[1705]
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[6],viii,v,[9],367,[13]p.,plates : map ; 4°.
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London : printed for the author, [1705]
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England
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[1705]
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Nekrokedeia: or, the art of embalming [electronic resource] : wherein is shewn the right of burial, the funeral ceremonies, and the several ways of preserving dead bodies in most nations of the world. With an Account of The particular Opinions, Experiments and Inventions of modern Physicians, Surgeons, Chymists and Anatomists. Also Some new Matter...
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Part 1 has a separate titlepage dated 1705.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The first word of the title is transliterated from the Greek.
The unnumbered leaf before the titlepage is an explanation of the frontispiece.
With a list of subscribers and an index.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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74VvNAyROJdM
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