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The optick glasse of humors or The touchstone of a golden temperature, or the Philosophers stone to make a golden temper: wherein the foure complections sanguine, cholericke, phligmaticke, melancholicke are succinctly painted forth and their externall intimates laid open to the purblind eye of ignorance it selfe, by which euery one may iudge, of what complection he is, and answerably learne what is most sutable to his nature

Alternate Title(s):
Glasse of humors and Touchstone of a golden temperature, or the Philosophers stone to make a golden temper
Author(s):
Walkington, Thomas, d. 1621
Contributor(s):
Dawson, John, -1648?, printer
Blaiklock, Lawrence, active 1638-1653., bookseller
Publication:
London : Printed for [and by] I[ohn] D[awson] and are to be sould by L B[laiklock] at ye Suger loafe in fleetstreete next temple barr, 1639
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Personality
Affect
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain (More information)
Exhibition:
Exhibited: "And there's the humor of it: Shakespeare and the four humors," National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md., January 30 to August 17, 2012.
Extent:
[24], 168, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates
Binding Note:
NLM copy bound in (c18?) sprinkled calfskin; marbled endpapers.
Illustrations:
Illustrations and Plates
NLM Unique ID:
2426021R (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/2426021R