The book of knowledge, treating of the wisdom of the ancients in four parts

Item Information

Title:
The book of knowledge, treating of the wisdom of the ancients in four parts
Description:
Editions of The book of knowledge, a popular astrological and medical work, begin to appear in the 1530s and were printed regularly in England and America into the early 19th century. Although described on the title-page as “a Jew, Doctor in Astronomy and Physic, born in Bethany, near Mount Olivet, in Judea,” Erra Pater was not a real person. Title page and woodcut frontispiece, showing a man observing the stars, from Erra Pater's 1786 The book of knowledge, treating of the wisdom of the ancients in four parts
Creator:
Erra Pater
Date:
1786
Format:
Documents
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (1.Mm.25)
Series:
Boston Medical Library > Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Subjects:
Erra Pater
Frontispieces (illustrations)
Title pages
Woodcuts (prints)
Judaica
Extent:
1 title page and 1 frontispiece
Link to Item:
http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/13067
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
J. and M. Robertson
Language:
English
Notes:
Purchased through the Solomon M. Hyams Fund for the Boston Medical Library, 1944
Identifier:
DigID0002850