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Important edition of the London pharmacopoeia, expanding the use of inorganic chemicals

[LONDON - PHARMACOPOEIA]. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.
Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Londini.
London, Thomas Newcomb for John Martyn, John Starkey, Thomas Basset, John Wright, Richard Chiswell, Rob Boulter, 1677. Small folio (31.5 x 20 cm). With an engraved frontispiece drawn and engraved by David Logan, a folding engraved view of the Royal College of Medicine also by Logan, and the large woodcut coat of arms of Charles II on title-page. Contemporary or near contemporary calf, gold-tooled board edges. Rebacked (in the late 19th century?) preserving the original endpapers along with new ones. Engraved frontispiece plus [16] ,208, [6], [2 blank] pp.
€ 3,000
The third major revision (often called the third edition, but probably the eighth) of the London Pharmacopoeia, dedicated to King Charles II and with a dedicatory epistle to his son, the future King James II. After a list of simples, the recipes are arranged under numerous categories: waters, spirits, tinctures, vinegars, decoctions, syrups, conserves, powders, pills, lozenges, oils, ointments, plasters etc. The present edition greatly expands the presentation of medicinal inorganic chemicals, especially metals and metal compounds, and arranges them in various categories. It also includes a list of members of the College.
With two library stamps erased and a 1830 presentation inscription. With a tear along one fold of the folding view and the erasure of the stamps on the title-page has caused very slight damage to its border and the edge of the arms, but otherwise in good condition. The boards are rubbed and show superficial cracks, but the later spine and corners are in good condition. ESTC R6267; Marriott, Pharmacuetical compounding, pp. 9-10; Wellcome IV, p. 363; cf. Krivatsy 8930.
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