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.
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First edition of Lewis well-known work on medicaments and all kinds of materials and components used for their fabrication. William Lewis (1708-1771) is a British chemist, apothecary and physician who studied at Christ Church at Oxford before he settled in London, and next in Kingston upon Thames as physician. Apart from his A course of practical chemistry (London, 1746; in 8 vols.) and The new dispensatory (Londen, 1753; translated into Dutch as De nieuwe Britsche apotheek), he is particularly known for his An experimental history of the materia medica, of which a second edition appeared in 1768, and a third, edited by J. Aiken in 1784.
Somewhat browned, but otherwise in very good condition. Blake, p. 270; Wellcome III, p. 512; for the author: Hirsch, Lex. Aertzte, III, p. 697.
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