[PORTO – PHARMACOPOEIA]. PORTUGAL, Antonio Rodrigues.\n
Pharmacopea Portuense, em a qual se achaõ muitas das compoziçoens que estaõ mais em uzo, e se naõ achaõ nas nossas pharmacopeas portuguezas, tiradas das pharmacopeas de Londres, de Edinburgo, de Pariz, de Fuller, da Medulla, e de outros varios authores.
Porto, Francisco Mendes Lima, 1766. 8vo. Contemporary mottled, tanned sheepskin. [16], 206, [1], [1 blank] pp.
€ 850
Rare first and only edition of a Portuguese pharmacopoeia by António Rodrigues Portugal (1738-1788?), a surgeon from the city of Porto, who also translated Pharmacopea Meadiana by Ricardo Mead, published in 1768, from Latin to Portuguese. It is based on the pharmacopoeia of London, Paris, Edinburgh, as well as those by Fuller, Midero, etc.
Some dampstaining, lower corners of the boards damaged (affecting the first and last few leaves as well), a fair copy. J.R. Pita, Brief history of Portuguese pharmacopoeias, p. 6; Porbase (1 copy); Wellcome IV, p. 421; WorldCat (4 copies).
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