Live auction - Lot 1109
[Medicine - Pharmacopeia]
Pharmacopoeia medico-chymica, sive Thesaurus pharmacologicus [...].
Leiden, (S. Matthysz for) F. Lopez de Haro, 1672
€ 250 / 300
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Lot description
8vo: [64, incl. front.]-872-[72]-33-[1]-[58] pp. (sm. tear in ttt5 touching some letters).
Contemp. overl. vellum (soiled), flat spine titled in ink.
Enlarged ed. (1st Ulm 1641) of a succesful pharmacopeia by the German physician and pharmacologist J. Schröder (1600-1664), famous for his "discovery" of arsenic. The present ed. has translations in 6 languages: Latin, Greek, German, French, English, and Dutch. Engr. front. (with portrait). Woodcut mark on title. A few woodcuts in text.
Ref. Bibl. Med. Neerl. I:380. - Krivatsy 10670. - Wellcome V:61. - STCN. - Not in BnF, BL.