Interleaved copy of the first edition of an ordinance for the Collegium Pharmaceuticum and the apothecary's guild of Leiden. It contains 32 articles with rules and regulations to which each apothecary should adhere. It often refers to the dispensatorium, in which the minimum number of simple and compound medicines each apothecary should have in stock at any time is stated. Other sections deal with becoming a member of the guild; the contributions members pay to the guild; what happens when a widow decides to continue the shop, etc. All the interleaved pages are blank.
With some underscoring in black ink and a few marginal water stains. Otherwise in very good condition. STCN 227942078 (4 copies).