First edition of the first pharmacopoeia for the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (which included what is now Belgium). During the French occupation the Netherlands introduced a new modern institutionalized central government that made one general guideline for all apothecaries a logical step. All previous pharmacopoeias were declared obsolete and apothecaries were to follow the new general rules that could be consulted in the present publication. Every copy was numbered and signed for authenticity.
Already in 1815 a commission was installed for the development of the Pharmacopoea Belgica, consisting of the most highly regarded Dutch professors in the medical sciences. The members were, amongst others: Nicolaas Cornelis de Fremery and Gerardus Vrolik. Florentinus Jacobus van Maanen, who signed the books for authenticity, was a medical doctor who worked in The Hague for the ministry of Internal Affairs.
Binding rubbed, hinges weak, but internally in very good condition. Vandewiele, p. 307; Wellcome IV, p. 368; Wittop Koning, pp. 230-232; for the authors: Verzameling van wetten en besluiten ... 1842 (1843), pp. 187-189; V.d. Aa XII, pp. 7-10.