Only edition of this treatise on pharmacy-dispencing in a good Elzevier edition. It is the revision by Adolphus Storck, a physician in Lippe, of the De compositione medicamentorum libellus of 1649 by the famous physician Jean Prévost (1585-1631) from Dilsberg in Baden, since 1617 professor of medicine in Padua and the author of the well-known Medicina pauperum (1641). He later became Director of the botanical gardens in Padua.
Prevost initially began his studies in humanities and philosophy, but after sitting in lessons of Ercole Sassonia during a study trip in Padua, he turned his attention to medicine. He received his doctorate in philosophy and medicine in 1607. In 1611, under the recommendations of Girolamo Fabrici dAcquapendente, Prevost was designated chief physician of anatomy in his native Germany and in 1612 obtained the title of Doctor of Medicine.
With bookplates of the Biblioteca Banzi and of E. Grendel (Haarlem) and with two library stamps on the title page. With a small stain on the binding. The work is slightly foxed, but otherwise a beautiful copy in good condition. Krivatsky 9263; Rahir, 1413; Willems, 1460.