A COMPLETE HISTORY OF DRUGS. Written in French by Monsieur POMET CHIEF DRUGGIST to the Late French King LEWIS XIV.
POMET, Pierre.
Published by London printed for J. and J. Bonwicke S. Birt W. Parker C. Hitch and E. Wicksteed. M DCC XLVIII, 1748
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TITLE CONTINUED: 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. A work of very great use and curiosity. Done into English from the ORIGINALS. The FOURTH EDITION 1748, carefully corrected, with large ADDITIONS, in Two Parts, Part Two begins with a caption title: 'Pomet's general history of drugs: with what is farther observ'd by Lemery, Tournefort, and others on the same subjects. 4to, approximately 260 x 200mm, 10¼ x 8 inches, 86 full page copper engraved plates showing 400 images (2 plates, 38 and 52 misplaced), pages: xx, 1-220; 1-202 followed by 10 pages of index and an advert, bound in full modern speckled dark calf, gilt lettered green label, gilt rules and date to spine between raised bands, new brown endpapers. Binding covers slightly pitted and scored, pale browning to title page, small worm track neatly repaired to top margin of title page and following 16 prelim pages, none affecting text, pale brown offset from most plates onto facing text, 4 margins edges slightly dusty with pale browning, otherwise a good tight solid copy with clean plates. Plates show silk-making, bee-keeping, sugar mill, fisheries, unicorns, whales, stringing and rolling tobacco, fruits, gums, animals, herbs, trees, roots, seeds, etc., See: Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Medical Library, Volume 4, page 412; Rachel Hunt, Catalogue of Botanical Books, Volume 2, page 45, No. 428; Short Title Catalogue of Eighteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine, page 358; MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy book which may require extra postage. Seller Inventory # 49644
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Title: A COMPLETE HISTORY OF DRUGS. Written in ...
Publisher: London printed for J. and J. Bonwicke S. Birt W. Parker C. Hitch and E. Wicksteed. M DCC XLVIII
Publication Date: 1748
Binding: Hardcover