A COMPLETE HISTORY OF DRUGS. Written in French By . Chief Druggist to the late French King Lewis XIV. To which is added what is farther observable on the same Subject, from Mess. Lemery and Tournefort, Divided into Three Classes, Vegetable, Animal, and Mineral; With their Use in Physic, Chemistry, Pharmacy, And several other Arts. Illustrated with above Four Hundred Copper-Cuts, curiously done from the Life; and an Explanation of their different Names, Places of Growth, and Countries where they are produced; with the Methods of distinguishing the Genuine and Perfect, from the Adulterated, Sophisticated, and Decayed; together with their Virtues, &c. A Work of very great Use and Curiosity. Done into English from the Originals
Published by London : printed for J. and J. Bonwicke S. Birt W. Parker C. Hitch and E. Wicksteed, 1748
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4th Ed. carefully corrected, with large Additions. Sm. 4to. 2 vols. bound in 1 as issued. Second volume without seperate title page but with caption title as issued. Sm. 4to. xx + 220pp + 202pp. + [ix] Index + [i] Advert. Title page in red and black (chipped with loss and silked to edges), 86 copper plates. Some browning, pp.1-10 and 3 plates of second work crudely taped and stained to edges, modern e.ps., rebound in modern speckled calf, gilt ruling and gilt lettered label to spine. Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers 3487; ESTC T31045 ‘The additions to this edition are by John Hill. Titlepage in red and black. Part of v.1 and all of v.2 printed by William Bowyer; his records show 500 copies printed.’ ‘An Account of the Names of the Authors Quoted in this Work’ 7pp.The earliest important materia medica in English; translated from the French original entitled ‘Histoire Générale des Drogues’ published in Paris in 1694. This work, which was the most complete treatise on the Subject at that time, enjoyed great success and was translated into several languages. Although principally botanical, the plates also illustrate sugarworks, indigo preparation, tobacco curing, bee-keeping, and silkworm culture. Pomet (1658-99), a renowned and much-travelled French chemist and botanist, opened a ‘drug-house’ in Paris, and taught botany at the Jardin des Plantes. All the plants that he used for teaching purposes were grown by him or under his supervision. US$1114.…
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- Title
- A COMPLETE HISTORY OF DRUGS. Written in French By . Chief Druggist to the late French King Lewis XIV. To which is added what is farther observable on the same Subject, from Mess. Lemery and Tournefort, Divided into Three Classes, Vegetable, Animal, and Mineral; With their Use in Physic, Chemistry, Pharmacy, And several other Arts. Illustrated with above Four Hundred Copper-Cuts, curiously done from the Life; and an Explanation of their different Names, Places of Growth, and Countries where they are produced; with the Methods of distinguishing the Genuine and Perfect, from the Adulterated, Sophisticated, and Decayed; together with their Virtues, &c. A Work of very great Use and Curiosity. Done into English from the Originals
- Author
- Pomet, Monsieur.
- Publisher
- London : printed for J. and J. Bonwicke S. Birt W. Parker C. Hitch and E. Wicksteed
- Publication year
- 1748
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- Hardcover
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Francis Edwards ABA ILAB
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