Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France / composed and experimented by the Sieur Lemery, apothecary to the French king ; made English from the original French.

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Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France / composed and experimented by the Sieur Lemery, apothecary to the French king ; made English from the original French.
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Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.
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London :: Printed for Matthew Gilliflower ... and James Partridge...,
1685.
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Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
Recipes.
Home economics -- Early works to 1800.
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"Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France / composed and experimented by the Sieur Lemery, apothecary to the French king ; made English from the original French." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47660.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.

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To fatten all sorts of Fowl in fifteen days, whe∣ther Hens, Geese, Ducks, or others; from All-Hallows till Lent.

Take Nettle leaves and Seed, gathered and ryed in the proper Season, which beat to

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Powder and sift; when you would use it, make it into a Paste with Wheat-Bran or Flower, making it up with Dish-water; for want of it, with warm Water; give it to your Fowl once a day, and you will see the effect.

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