"Editio altera" of the seventh edition of the London pharmacopoeia. The sixth edition of 1788 had been the first edition influenced by enlightenment science, including the adoption of Linnaeus's system of binomial plant nomenclature. In the seventh edition of 1809, more recent insights were incorporated which had often appeared earlier in the Edinburgh and Dublin pharmacopoeias. The modern French chemical nomenclature, based on the work of Lavoisier, was finally incorporated and several other nomenclatures were reviewed and replaced. Nevertheless, the use of nomenclature and weights and the contents of recipes in the pharmacopoeia were heavily criticized. The most outspoken critique came from the London chemist Richard Phillips (1778-1851), who in an 1810 review citized 73 recipes and found 20 ambiguous measurements. Several of Philips's suggestions, as well as those of other commentators, were adopted for a revised edition which appeared in 1815 but nevertheless contained numerous errors. The 1815 edition was reprinted in 1816, 1817, 1818, 1821 and 1823.
With a contemporary annotation on the back flyleaf and a second loosely inserted. Some spotting throughout; binding worn, most notably at the hinges; a good copy. Bell, Historical sketch of the progress of pharmacy in Great Britain, pp. 41-43; Wellcome IV, p. 364; Worldcat (3 copies).