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18th-century medical and household handbook in Polish

Józef Olaf Gottwald1778

Ossoliński National Institute

Ossoliński National Institute
Wrocław, Poland

„Chleb i woda ludzka wygoda, w pomnożeniu każdego zboża, w posileniu i uzdrowieniu ciała…” [“Bread and water human comfort, in the multiplication of every grain, in the nourishment and healing of the body...”] by the Pauline priest J. O. Gottwald, is a guidebook, in which the author presented methods of healing with water and ways to multiply the grain harvest. To write his book Gottwald used studies by German doctors and monks.
Binding: half leather, cardboard, marbled paper – 18th/19th century.

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  • Title: 18th-century medical and household handbook in Polish
  • Creator: Józef Olaf Gottwald
  • Date Created: 1778
  • Location Created: Wrocław, Poland
  • Physical Dimensions: 132 pp., [2] leaves
  • Provenance: 1. H. Stażyński – ms. 2. [Bought in 2004].
  • Type: book
  • Publisher: Wilhelm Bogumił Korn
  • Medium: paper, handpress printing, woodcut
Ossoliński National Institute

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