Rare second edition of the first Portuguese pharmacopoeia (first published in 1704), by the friar D. Caetano de Santo António (d. 1730), an apothecary of the Monastery of Santa Cruz of the city of Coimbra, who upon publication of the second volume was working at Lisbon in the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora. "The Pharmacopeia Lusitana shows how important the convent pharmacy was at that time in Portugal. The Portuguese religious apothecaries were very knowledgeable on pharmaceutical matters" (Pita).
With a few manuscript annotations in the margins. Ca. 50 leaves with a waterstain at the head of the gutter margin, an occasional smudge and two leaves with a small hole and small tears, otherwise in very good condition. J.R. Pita, Brief history of Portuguese pharmacopoeias, pp. 1-5; Porbase (1 copy); Wellcome IV, p. 369 (incomplete); WorldCat (5 copies).