Medicine & Pharmacy

MORT, Jacobus le. Pharmacia, rationibus et experimetis auctoribus instructa, methodon Galenico-chymica adornata.Leiden, Petrus vander Aa, 1688. With a frontispiece engraved by Adriaan Schoonebeek (with an allegorical scene above and an apothecary and others at work below), originally dated 1684, changed to 1688, and Vander Aas herald angel device on title-page.
With: MORT, Jacobus Le. Chymia, rationibus et experimetis auctoribus, iisque demonstrativis superstructa, in qua malevolorum calumniate modestè simul diluuntur.
Leiden, Petrus vander Aa, 1688. 8vo. With beautiful allegorical frontispiece (also by Adriaan Schoonebeek?), dated 1688, 2 folding engraved plates of furnaces and distilling equipment and utensils.
Contemporary vellum over boards, title in ink on spine: "Le Mort opera omnia".      [14], 256, [34]; [36], 366, [62] pp. Full description

MORT, Jacobus le. Idea actionis corporum. Motum intestinum praesertim fermentationem delineans.
Leiden, Frederik Haaring, 1693. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, blue edges. [8], 172 pp. Full description

LESPLEIGNEY, Thibault. De usu pharmaceutices in consarcinandis medicame[n]tis, Isagoge. ....
[Paris], Jean Ruel, 1543. 16mo (12 x 8 cm). Set in 3 sizes of roman type, the smallest including special pharmacological characters. Modern sheepskin parchment, gilt edges. 229, [11] pp. Full description

LEWIS, William. An experimental history of the materia medica, or of the natural and artificial substances made use of in medicine: containing a compendious view of their natural history, an account of their pharmaceutic properties, and an estimate of their medicinal powers.
London, H. Baldwin, 1761. Large 4to. Later calf, blind-ruled boards and spine, red morocco spine label with title in gold. XXII, [2], 591, [32] pp. Full description

[LIÈGE - PHARMACOPOEIA]. [COLLEGIUM MEDICINAE]. Pharmacopoea Leodiensis in qua describuntur medicamenta ... in tres partes distributa. In prima simplicia omnia. In altera composita Galenica. In tertia chimica remedia.
Liège, Everard Kints, 1741. 4to. With title-page in red and black with the woodcut bearing from the coat of arms of the city of Liege, and the engraved arms of the dedicatee (the Bishop of Liège) facing the dedication. Contemporary tanned sheepskin, rebacked (gold-tooled spine). [2 blank], [18], 243, [13] pp., including the engraved arms of the dedicatee. Full description

LINDER, Johannes (Johan LINDELSTOLPE). De venenis in genere, & in specie exercitatio, videlicet eorum natura, & in corpus agendi modo: ... Juxta veterum quorundam & recentiorum dogmata, ad solidorum & fluidorum corporis organici leges mechanicas, deducta & explicata.
Leiden, Andreas Dyckhuisen, 1707. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, boards covered with sprinkled paper, red spine label lettered in gold. 268 pp. [pp. 1-16 with the index missing]. Full description

[LISBON - PHARMACOPOEIA]. PAIVA, Manoel Joaquim Hendriques de. Farmacopéa Lisbonense ou collecção dos símplices, preparações, e composições mais efficazes, e de maior uso. Segunda impressão mais accrescentada, e corregida.
Lisbon, patriarcal de Joaõ Procopio Correa da Silva, 1802. 8vo. Later calf in 18-century style, gold-tooled frame on the boards, gold-tooled spine, red morroco title label. [32], 288, [2] pp. Full description

LISTER, Martin. Dissertatio de humoribus, in qua veterum ac recentiorum medicorum ac philosophorum opiniones & sententiae examinantur.
Amst., (heirs of Johannes II) Janssonius van Waesberge, 1711. Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum. [18], 486, [24] pp. Full description

LIS, Wouter van. Pharmacopoea Galeno- chemico- medica probatissimis auctoribus, ratione & experiential fundata. Meng- schei- en geneeskonstige artseny-winkel; op de beste schryvers, de rede en ondervinding gebouwt; ... benevens een korte verhandeling, hoe met weinig genees-middelen de grootste ziekten worden genezen; als mede ... een verklaring van de voornaamste konstwoorden en characters.
Amsterdam, Jan Morterre, 1764. 4to. With engraved frontispiece by V.D. after A. Hordyk, title-page in red and black, with vignette in a roundel: the sun surrounded by the motto "Herbarum subiecta potential nobis", one full-page plate with the chemical symbols, printed in two columns. Half calf , gold-tooled spine, spine label lettered in gold. [34)], 436, [60] pp. Full description

LOISEL, François-Ernest. Traité complet de la culture naturelle et artificielle de l'asperge, ou exposé pratique et raisonné de tout ce qu'il est utile de savoir dans ce genre de culture.
Paris, H. Cousin, 1846. 12mo. Contemporary half calf. [2], 120, [1] pp. Full description