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1572 pharmaceutical work on Greek and Arab medicine

DUBOIS SYLVIUS, Jean In methodum miscendorum medicamentorum, quae in quotidiano sunt usu observationes, ex Graecic, Arabibus, & Neotericis.
Paris, Jacques Kerver, 1572. 8vo. With Kervers woodcut device on the title page, depicting a unicorn with the familys arms, and a large cast ornament on the otherwise blank last page, and some woodcut initials. Contemporary limp vellum, with a paper title-label on the spine, remnants of ties. [8], 134, [10] ll. Full description
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A follower of Paracelsis and physician of Henry IV in conflict with the University at Paris

DU CHESNE, Joseph. Traicté familier de l'exacte preparation spagyrique des medicaments, pris d'entre les mineraux, animaux & vegetaux. Avec une breve response au livret de Jacques Aubert, touchant la generation & les causes des metaux.
Paris, Charles Morel, 1630 (with an "L" added in manuscript, making it 1680). 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, some woodcut decorated initials and tailpieces, and some headpieces built up from typographical ornaments. Contemporary mottled calf. 152, [14], [2 blank] pp. Full description
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First edition of a leading medical-pharmaceutical work, with stunning woodcut headpieces and initials

DUPUIS, Guillaume. De medicamentorum quomodocunque purgantium facultatibus, nusquam anteà neque dictis, neque per ordinem digestis libri duo ...
Lyon, Macé Bonhomme, 1552. 4to. With a woodcut device on the title page no doubt made for this edition (showing Hypocrates and Galenus, with motto, "In omnem terram exivit doctrina eorum"), finely executed arabesque woodcut headpieces and numerous woodcut initials with pictorial decoration (4 series, the two largest especially fine). Contemporary limp vellum with remnants of ties. [8], 179, [1] pp. Full description
€ 6,500
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The third revised edition of William Lewis's authoritative The new dispensatory, edited by Andrew Duncan

[EDINBURGH - PHARMACOPOEIA] LEWIS, William. The Edinburgh new dispensatory. Containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. II. The materia medica ... III. The pharmaceutical preparations and medicinal compositions of the latest editions of the London and Edinburgh pharmacopoeias. ...
Edinburgh, for William Ceech, 1791. Large 8vo. With 3 double-page engraved plates of furnaces and distilling equipment, each in two parts. Pp. 113-665 (Part 2-3) printed in two columns. Mottled calf, red morocco spine label. 665 [= 656] pp. Full description
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Rare popular medical handbook for a general public as well as for practitioners and surgeons in the country,
in the military, and at sea, including many do-it-yourself recipes

[EEN LIEFHEBBER DER NUTTIGE WETENSCHAPPEN]. Hand-boek der genees- en heel-kunde. Voor arme en ryke. Waar in veelerley beproefde, zo wel gemeene enkelde als meer tezamengestelde, genees-middelen, tegen genoegzaam de meeste bekende in- en uitwendige ziektens ... zeer dienstig kunnende zyn voor allerley lieden, inzonderheid die op t land wonen. Als mede voor de land-, veld- en zee-chirurgyns ... Door een liefhebber der nuttige wetenschappen.
Leeuwarden, Abraham Ferwerda and Gerrit Tresling, 1767. 8vo. 19th-century marbled boards. [4], 494, [2] pp. Full description
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First and only edition of this work on medicinal recipes

ELDIK, Cornelis van. Recept-boek voor genees- en heelkundigen; volgens de alphabetische orde van de oude klassieke namen der geneesmiddelen gerangschikt, met bijvoeging der nieuwe namen, die in de Pharmacopoea Batava en Belgica voorkomen.
Nijmegen, J. F. Thieme, 1825. 12mo (quires of 6). Engraved half title, vignette on title-page.
Half mottled calf, brown marbled papers over boards, red title label with title in gold, gold-tooling on spine, blue sprinkled edges. [6], III, [1], 416 pp. Full description
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Practical synopsis of pharmacological knowledge for physicians and pharmacists.

ELDIK, Cornelis van. Recept-boek voor genees- en heelkundigen; volgens de alphabetische orde van de oude klassieke namen der geneesmiddelen gerangschikt, met bijvoeging der nieuwe namen, die in de Pharmacopoea Batava en Belgica voorkomen; door C. van Elkik, Med. et Art. Obst, Doct. Stads-Geneesheer te Nijmegen, Provinciaal Onderwijzer in de Verloskunde, Secretaris der Provinciale en Plaatselijke Geneeskundige Commissioen en Lid van eenige geleerde Genootschappen. Tweede, veel vermeerde druk.
Nijmegen, J. F. Thieme, 1834. In-12. Title page engraving with a portrait of Herman Boerhaave, cauldron, books and snake. Contemporary paper wrappers. [4], III, [1], 423. [1] pp. Full description
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