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Dutch translation of the pharmacopoeia for the Habsburg Monarchy

[AUSTRIA]. JACQUIN, Nikolaus Joseph, Anton von STÖRCK and Johann Jakob de WELL.
Apotheek der Oostenrijksche staaten.
Rotterdam, Reinier Arrenberg, 1780. Large 8vo (21 x 12.5 cm). Contemporary tanned sheepskin, gold-tooled spine. [1], [1 blank], [6], 309, [35] pp.
€ 500
First and only edition of the Dutch translation of the pharmacopoeia for the Habsburg Monarchy, published as part of the medical reforms instigated by Gerard van Swieten (1700-1772), and based on the second edition of 1775.
With the owner's inscription of J.J. Verlinden dated "1802" on the front and back flyleaves. Binding worn, with an imprint circle at the front and the head of the spine damaged; a few spots throughout and ink stains in the lower margin of p. 226, but otherwise a good copy. Blake, p. 347; STCN (7 copies); Kletter, "The civil pharmacopoeias of Austria", International society for the history of pharmacy - history of pharmacopoeias (histpharm.org); Wellcome VI, 356; WorldCat (10 copies).
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