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The Breviary of Healthe, for all maner of sickenesses and diseases the whiche may be in man, or woman doth folowe

Boorde, Andrew, 1490?-1549 · 1552 · London : W. Powell · 1 picture

A 1552 London medical book by Andrew Boorde, printed by W. Powell for general readers seeking remedies for illness. The one picture is a heraldic bookplate, not a medical illustration: a shield with a chevron, a band of animals, and an acorn-topped crest, framed by oak-like foliage and a motto ribbon with the name Edward Heath, Wykehurst Park, engraved in script on pale marbled paper. A designer could take its symmetrical shield-and-wreath layout and the elegant engraved script over marbled ground as reference for armorial stationery.

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