TWO CULPEPER BOOKS IN ONE VOLUME: CULPEPER'S ASTROLOGICALL JUDGEMENT OF DISEASES - THE WAY AND MANNER OF FINDING OUT THE CAUSE, CHANGE, AND END OF THE DISEASE. ALSO, WHETHER THE SICK BE LIKELY TO LIVE OR DIE; AND THE TIME WHEN RECOVERY OR DEATH IS TO BE EXPECTED. And:
URINALIA: OR, TREATISE OF THE CRISIS HAPNING TO THE URINE: THROUGH DEFAULT EITHER OF THE REINES, BLADDER, YARD, CONDUITS, PASSAGES. WITH THE CAUSES, SIGNS AND CURES.
Book Details + Condition: Printed For Nath. Brooks at the Golden Angel on Cornhill, neer the Exchange (London). Very scarce First Edition with the inclusion of the Urinalia book in one volume, 1655. Rebound hardcover measuring 6.5" x 4.25". Illustrated. 174 pages (for entire volume). Culpeper’s famous medical and astrological work, which details how to diagnose and treat illness from the position of celestial bodies. The book contains translations from Aven Ezra (Ibn Ezra, 1089-1164, Spanish astrologer, mathematician and philosopher), Noel Duret (1590-1650, French mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer), and Hippocrates (c.460-c.370 BC, Greek physician), with explanations and additions by Culpeper. URINALIA is Culpeper's signature work on the treatment of urinary diseases, using astrology as a diagnosis tool. Both works helped to popularize the use of Astrology in the diagnosis of illness. Rebound book is in very good condition, with minimal shelf wear and a bit of discoloration to rear; toning and light foxing to pages; and 17th-century notes to rear (blank) endpaper.
