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1823I14FOHJSSGY9Madrid 1823. 4to. D. Cosme Martinez Marbled calf gold-tooled spine red morocco spine label red edges marbled endpapers. With an engraved allegorical vignette on the title-page. VIII 403 pp. Rare first edition of the translation in Spanish Catalan from the Latin original the first official Pharmacopoeia Matritensis by the Collegio de Farmaceuticos published in 1739. Only in the 18th century during the reign of the Bourbons did all the Spanish pharmacopoeias unify into a single pharmacopoeia common to the whole of the Kingdom of Spain with the publication in 1794 of the Pharmacopoea Hispana.A little worn around the edges otherwise in good condition.l WorldCat 6 copies; not in Wellcome. unknown
1812LBCCHAC9J5FUAntwerpen 1812. 8vo. Antonius Grangé 19th-century green half sheepskin marbled sides. VIII 208 pp. First and only edition of the pharmacopoeia for the department of Deux-Nèthes in the First French Republic which contained the present-day Belgian province of Antwerp and parts of the Dutch province of North Brabant. Intended to be a revision of the Antwerp pharmacopoeia of 1660! it was heavily inspired by the Pharmacopoea Batava published in Amsterdam in 1805. Jean-Bernard-Joseph van den Zande 1778-1833 doctor and professor of physics and chemistry headed the committee with L.H.J. Francken carrying out experiments and F.M. Verbert editing the book itself Like the Pharmacopoea Batava the Pharmacopoeia manualis Utriusque Nethae shows the ever increasing importance of chemical medicine over natural substances. Its official use proved to be short-lived as the department was incorporated in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1814 which prescribed the Pharmacopoea Batava and from 1823 onward the Pharmacopoea Belgica.With the stamp of the Département des deux Néthes on the verso of the title-page. Binding slightly rubbed bumped edges but still in good condition.l Daems & Vandewiele p. 63; Vandewiele "De farmacie onder koning Willem I" in: Kring voor de geschiedenis van de pharmacie in Benelux no. 56 1978 pp. 35-51; Vandewiele Geschiedenis van de farmacie in België p. 306; Wellcome IV p. 357. unknown
1841I14BP0GYACIHHeidelberg 1841. Large 8vo 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Christian Friedrich Winter Near contemporary half calf gold-tooled spine. With the wood engraved arms of Baden on title-page. VIII 353 1 pp. First edition of the official pharmacopoeia of the Duchy of Baden in southwest Germany which replaced the Preußischen Pharmakopöe used there previously. It contains a total of 822 medicines and recipes of which 345 "Simplicia" simple medicines and 477 "Praeparata" compound medicines. The book is entirely interleaved.With bookseller's ticket on title-page. Slightly foxed throughout primarily in the margins. Binding cracked at front hinge otherwise a good copy.l R. Schmitz et al. Geschichte der Parmazie 2005 pp. 577-578. unknown
184243675William Pickering for The Society of Antiquaries of London 1842. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with engraved title-vignette parallel texts in Old English and English in double column; full burgundy crushed morocco back with raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt slightly dulled but wholly legible gilt doublures uncut a remarkably bright crisp clean copy. FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE EXETER BOOK IN ENGLISH. Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501 familiarly known as the 'Exeter Book' is one of the four major Anglo-Saxon literature codices and the largest known collection of Old English literature still in existence. It comprises an anthology of poetry including 'The Seafarer' 'The Wanderer' 'The Phoenix' 'Guthlac' 'Widsith' and others together with the famous Riddles. This is the first printing of the Old English text with Thorpe providing the first English translation. EXTREMELY SCARCE. William Pickering [for] The Society of Antiquaries of London, hardcover