The Holy Guide: Leading the Way to the Wonder of the World. (A compleat Phisitian) teaching the Knowledge of all things, Past, Present, and to Come; viz. Of Pleasure, long Life, Health, Youth, Blessedness, Wisdome and Virtue; and to Cure, Change and Remedy all Diseases in Young and Old. With Rosie Crucian Medicines, which are verified by a Practical Examination of Principles in the great World, and fitted for the easie understanding, plain practice, use, and benefit of mean Capacities
| Title | The Holy Guide: Leading the Way to the Wonder of the World. (A compleat Phisitian) teaching the Knowledge of all things, Past, Present, and to Come; viz. Of Pleasure, long Life, Health, Youth, Blessedness, Wisdome and Virtue; and to Cure, Change and Remedy all Diseases in Young and Old. With Rosie Crucian Medicines, which are verified by a Practical Examination of Principles in the great World, and fitted for the easie understanding, plain practice, use, and benefit of mean Capacities |
| Year for Search | 1662 |
| Authors | Heydon, John(1629-67) |
| Pagination | The copy at L is bound as two vols. Six books all with separate pagination and separate, somewhat different, title pages. |
| Date Published | 1662 |
| Publisher | Ptd. by T.M |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Rosicrucian eutopia. The "Preface" to Book 1 (unnumbered pages) is partly plagiarized from and partly a revision of the New Atlantis entitled "Journey to the Land of the Rosicrucians." Salomon's House becomes the Temple of the Rosy Cross. Alchemy. Heydon copies Bacon in modifying More's policy of showing a couple naked by having pools where men and women bathe naked separately and can be observed by friends of the same sex. |
| Additional Publishers | Also entitled The English Physitians Guide: Or A Holy Guide. Leading the Way to know all Things, Past, Present, and to Come; To Resolve all manner of Questions, viz. Of Pleasure, Long-life, Health, Youth, Blessednes, Wisdome and Vertue; and teaching the way to Change, Cure, and Remedy all Diseases in Young and Old, fitted for the easie understanding, plain practice, use, and benefit of the meanest Capacities. London: Ptd. by T.M. for Samuel Ferris. Six books with separate, generally shorter, title pages, and separate pagination. |
| Title Note | Also entitled The English Physitians Guide: Or A Holy Guide. Leading the Way to know all Things, Past, Present, and to Come; To Resolve all manner of Questions, viz. Of Pleasure, Long-life, Health, Youth, Blessednes, Wisdome and Vertue; and teaching the way to Change, Cure, and Remedy all Diseases in Young and Old, fitted for the easie understanding, plain practice, use, and benefit of the meanest Capacities. |
| Holding Institutions | L |
| Author Note | (1629-67) |
| Full Text | 1662 Heydon, John (1629-67). The Holy Guide: Leading the Way to the Wonder of the World. (A compleat Phisitian) teaching the Knowledge of all things, Past, Present, and to Come; viz. Of Pleasure, long Life, Health, Youth, Blessedness, Wisdome and Virtue; and to Cure, Change and Remedy all Diseases in Young and Old. With Rosie Crucian Medicines, which are verified by a Practical Examination of Principles in the great World, and fitted for the easie understanding, plain practice, use, and benefit of mean Capacities. London: Ptd. by T.M. The copy at L is bound as two vols. Six books all with separate pagination and separate, somewhat different, title pages. Also entitled The English Physitians Guide: Or A Holy Guide. Leading the Way to know all Things, Past, Present, and to Come; To Resolve all manner of Questions, viz. Of Pleasure, Long-life, Health, Youth, Blessednes, Wisdome and Vertue; and teaching the way to Change, Cure, and Remedy all Diseases in Young and Old, fitted for the easie understanding, plain practice, use, and benefit of the meanest Capacities. London: Ptd. by T.M. for Samuel Ferris, 1662. Six books with separate, generally shorter, title pages, and separate pagination. L Rosicrucian eutopia. The “Preface” to Book 1 (unnumbered pages) is partly plagiarized from and partly a revision of the New Atlantis entitled “Journey to the Land of the Rosicrucians.” Salomon’s House becomes the Temple of the Rosy Cross. Alchemy. Heydon copies Bacon in modifying More’s policy of showing a couple naked by having pools where men and women bathe naked separately and can be observed by friends of the same sex. |
