COMPLETE ENGLISH DISPENSATORY: CONTAINING THE GENERAL NATURE AND

COLBORNE, Robert

Publication Date: 1756

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COLBORNE, Robert. A COMPLETE ENGLISH DISPENSATORY: CONTAINING THE GENERAL NATURE AND MEDICINAL VIRTUES OF ALL THE SIMPLES NOW IN USE. With the prescriptions of the most approved authors, as well as of the London and Edinburgh dispensatories, according to the last alterations. To which is prefix'd, the history of the institution of the College of Physicians, London; of the principal chymists; of the venereal disease; of the circulation of the blood; and other important subjects. London: Printed for Mess. C. Hitch and L. Hawes, and W. Johnston; and J. Leake and W. Frederick, Booksellers in Bath, 1756. Second edition. (It was first published in 1753 as THE PLAIN ENGLISH DISPENSATORY.) Octavo: a-d4,B-3A4. 19.7 x 12 cm. Pp. xxxii, 348, [10] ff. Errata leaf at end. Old calf binding, worn and rubbed, with upper board and ffep. detached, and lower joint cracked and tender. Book label on front pastedown and a shelf label on spine. Text is printed in double columns and is clean. Quite scarce in either edition, but needs rebinding; so offered as is. (Wellcome II, p. 369). Seller Inventory # 88926

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Publication Date: 1756

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