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First edition of a pharmacological recipe book in Dutch,
for apprentices and pharmacists who can't read Latin

[PHARMACY - RECIPES]. Nieuwe Nederduitsche apotheek. Op eene klaare en verstaanbaare wyze onderwys gevende omtrent de beste dagelyks gebruikt wordende geneeskundige bereidingen; waar in inzonderheid de scheikundige bewerkingen, volgens de gronden der vermaarde heeren Boerhave, Geoffroy en andere beroemde mannen, zoo duidelyk beschreeven worden, als tot nog toe in geene andere apotheeken geschied is.
Leiden, Pieter van der Eyk, 1753. 8vo. Modern orange paper wrappers. [10], 440, [38] pp. Full description
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Practical medical handbook that greatly influenced Japanese pharmacology

PLENCK, Joseph Jakob and A. SCHRAGE (transl.) Heelkundige artzeny-winkel of chirurgyns-apotheek. Vervattende alle beproefde en hedendaagsch gebruikelyke bereide en samengestelde heelmiddelen, ter geneezing van uitwendige ziekten.
Antwerp, C.H. de Vos, 1798. 8vo. Contemporary calf, heavily restored. [1], [1 blank], [5], [1 blank], 212 pp. Full description
€ 500
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First edition of a scarce anonymous medical work

P.T. Med. Doct. [= Carolus de MAETS?]. Chemia rationalis rationibus philosophicis, observationibus medicis, debitis dosibus, &c. illustrata, cum indice capitum, medicamentorum, eorumque dosium. Accedit Praxis chymiatrica rationalis, demonstrans qua in re singularum partium consistat operatio, per quam causam tollatur, & per quænam remedia (utpote chymicalia vegetabilibus justa methodo mixta) possit restitui. Cum triplici indice. Uno capitum, altero remediorum, tertio simplicium, ad calcem adjecto.
Leiden, Jacobus Mocquee, 1687. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With woodcut title vignettes, initials, and head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum, blue sprinkled edges. [4], 168, [8]; [2], 154, [22] pp. Full description
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With portraits of the most celebrated physicians, including Galen, Hippocrates (Boqrat)
and Masawaih al-Mardini (Mesue)

RENOU (RENODAEUS), Jean de. Les oeuvres pharmaceutiques du Sr. Iean de Renou ... augmentées d'un tiers en cette seconde edition par l'auteur; puis traduittes, embellies de plusieurs figures necessaires à la cognoissance de la medicine & pharmacie, & mises en lumiere par M. Louys de Serres.
Lyon, Antoine Chard (colophon: printed by Pierre Colombier), 1626. Folio. With letterpress title in red and black in a richly engraved border. Contemporary richly blind-, black- and gold-tooled calf; rebacked, with original backstrip laid down. [28], 467, [1 blank], [1], 468-762, [24, last 2 pages blank] pp. Full description
€ 12,000
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Second and best edition of an important German pharmacopoea

REUSS, Christian Friedrich. Dispensatorium universale seu Lexicon Chemico-Pharmaceuticum ad tempora nostra accomodatum. Editio secunda aucta et emendate.
Strasbourg, for Armand Koenig (printed in Tübingen, Joannes Frid. Balz), 1791. 2 volumes. 8vo. Half beige paper with printed title on spine. XXXII, 640; 641-1504 pp. Full description
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A milestone in the history of pharmaceutical literature, this edition with an elaborate engraved title-page

[RICETTARIO FIORENTINO]. Ricettario fiorentino di nuovo illustrato.
(Colophon: Florence, Pietro Cecconcelli, 1623). Folio. With an elaborate architectural engraved title-page, 3 woodcut illustrations in text and a woodcut device above the colophon. 19th-century vellum. [12, last 2 pages blank], 296, [48] pp. Full description
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A milestone in the history of pharmaceutical literature

[RICETTARIO FIORENTINO]. Ricettario Fiorentino nuovamente compilato e ridotto all'uso moderno diviso in due parti.
Florence, Gaetano Cambiagi, 1789. Large 4to (28 x 21 cm). With engraved illustration on title-page, a decorated engraved initial, and a few woodcut head- and tailpieces. 19th-century sheepskin parchment, manuscript title on spine. VII, [1 blank], 350, [1], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,950
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