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There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Tyrocinium Chymicum

Bio: Tyrocinium Chymicum was a published set of chemistry lecture notes started by Jean Beguin in 1610 in Paris, France. It has been cited as the first chemistry textbook. Many of the preparations were pharmaceutical in nature.