Rare first edition of the Dutch translation of the standard pharmacopoeia of Edinburgh, first published in 1699 as Pharmacopoea Collegii Regii Medicorum Edinburgensis. The present translation was based on the sixth edition of 1774. Its"materia medica" starts with the "simples": the non-compounded medicines and ingredients from vegetable, animal and mineral sources. The compound medicines follow, including oils, syrups, wines, waters, powders, ointments, plasters and more. The work closes with an index, an appendix, and a short list with the translations of some Latin words and terms.
With a bookplate on paste-down. Only very slightly browned, some occasional small spots and a few marginal water stains near the end of the book. Overall in good condition, and virtually untrimmed. Binding rubbed along the extremities, sides scratched. Blake, p. 348; STCN (3 copies); WorldCat (3 other copies).