Pharmacy - Chemistry from

Amsterdam,: D.B. Centen,, 1891.. xv, [ii], 448 pp. 8vo (16,5 x 24,5 cm.). Original 3/4 cloth, richly gilt decorated. ¶ The original edition of the standard history of Dutch pharmacy. A very nice copy in the scarce original Art-Nouveau (Jungendstill) binding.-- (Corners a triffle rubbed).

Amsterdam,: Ronald Meesters,, 1979.. xx, [ii], 443 pp. 8vo. (15 x 22 cm.). Paper bound. With numerous illustrations. ¶ Trade edition of Dr. Bosman-Jelgersma's thesis.

Paris,: Recueil Sirey,, 1940.. (iv), 148 pp. 8vo. Half leather, spine gilt lettered (sl. rubbed), original printed wrappers bound in, uncut. ¶ Copy with author's autograph dedication.

London,: The Holland Press,, (1981). [Reprint of the ed. 1959]. 2 volumes in one, variously paginated (over 800 pp). 8vo. Original blue cloth. ¶ Originally issued as a series of papers by the Glasgow Archaeological Society between 1882 to 1913, this other great work by Ferguson contains a wealth of bibliographical information of rare and early books related to… Read more about this item

(Halle, 1705) reprint Zürich,, 1985.. (18), 544, (64) pp. With: D. & C.W. SAMUEL. Das Madai-Maual. Eine handschriftliche Rezeptsammlung zwischen 1740 und 1840. (Facsimile, Zürich, 1985). 300 pp. With: H.J. Poeckern. Die Hallischen Waisenhaus-Arzeneyen. Kommentar, Glossar und Transkription. Z:urich, 1985. 254 pp. Together 3 vols. Sm. 8vo. Orig. boards preserved in a slip-case. In 1695. A.H. Francke founded… Read more about this item

Bruxelles,: Société Belge de Librairie,, 1839.. [iv], 367, [i] pp. 12mo (10,5 x 16 cm.). Neatly bound in later vellum, spine gilt lettered on red morocco label, marbled end-papers. Dumas was one of the foremost chemist of his day" (Duveen). The present work, originally published in 1837- here in the Belgium pirate edition of 1839 - is chiefly devoted… Read more about this item

Bruxelles,: Simonis t'Serstevens,, 1719.. 2 parts in one volume: [xxiv], 417, [xv] pp. Small 8vo (10,5 x 16,5 cm.). Contemporary marbled calf, spine with raisen bands (gilt decoration faded), giltletterd red morocco title-label (hinge slight worn; lower part of the spine rebacked with some slight loss of the original leather). With a woodcut title vignet and some woodcut headers.--(Small… Read more about this item

Gend,: Bernard Poelman,, (1789). 176, [viii] pp. Small 8vo (12 x 18,5 cm.). Modern half brown chagrin (shagreen) with raised bands, gilt lettered on spine (antique style). ¶ Very rare Dutch translation, only one other copy recorded. The author is best known as the founder of scientific paediatry and his interest in infant nutrition. The present travel & household… Read more about this item

Paris,: J.-B. Baillière,, 1852.. [ii, blank], 224, [ii, blank] pp. Small 8vo (11,5 x 17,5 cm.). Contemporary half brown morocco, spine with gilt rullers and gilt lettered at black morocco label (slightly discoloured; joints slightly rubbed), marbled boards and end-papers. During Guibourt's professorship at the Ecole de Pharmacie, this was the "Bible" for the students of pharmacy in France.… Read more about this item

Braunschweig,: Verlag von Friedrich Vieweg und Soh,, 1841.. 2 parts in one volume: xii, 351, [i blank] pp. 8vo. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, spine gilt lettered (a bit faded). ¶ First edition, second issue of von Liebig's epochal work. Cat. Printing and the Mind of Man 501: 'This .... entitled him to be regarded as the founder… Read more about this item

(Paris,: Journal de Médecine,, 1779).. 15, [i, blank] pp. Small 8vo (10,5 x 16,5 cm.). Neatly bound in modern marbled boards, spine gilt lettered on red morocco label (binding signed by Lobstein-Laurenchet). Nice copy, though, the last 3 pages have some partial slight browning.

Paris,: Octave Doin,, 1888.. [ii], 167, [i blank] pp. 12mo (11,6 17,8 cm.). Original green, gilt lettered publisher's cloth. A quite rare work in which the author, a pharmacist from Paris, gives for the first time a practical description for the preparation of Pepsin which, those days, was lacking in the European pharmacopoiea. A very detailed study with history… Read more about this item

Basel,: J. Bertch,, 1706.. [38] pp. Sm.4to. Modern wrappers. ¶ Waring II, 468. An early monograph on mercury. Also published as; Theodoro Zvingero, Praeside, Dissertatio de Hydrargyri natura, viribus et usu. Rep. Casp. Oeirus, in Zvingeri Fasciculo Dissertat. medi. Sect. p. 222-308 (see Banks IV, 199, which don't records this edition.)

Izegem,: Depoorter,, 1936.. 95, [i] pp. Small 8vo (14 x 22,5 cm.). Original printed wrappers (slightly soiled). With 15 figures. ¶ Copy with author's autograph dedication. Detailed description of author's invention, i..e. a practical procedure for preparing compressed tablets.

Berlin & Wien,: Deutscher Apotheker-Verlag,, 1949.. 131, [i] pp. 4to (19,5 x 26,5 cm.). Original half cloth (slightly soiled and worn). With 53 plates. Scattered foxing as usual for German books from the period.

London,: The Pharmaceutical Press,, 1937.. [xii], 274, [ii] pp. 12mo (11.5 x 17 cm.). Original gilt lettered publisher's cloth. With a frontispiece and 6 plates. ¶ The history of the art of pharmacy is outlined and the evolution of pharmacy from primitive times up to the 19th century is discussed. This work is seldom offered for sale.

Amsterdam,, 1948.. 251 pp. 8vo. Original cloth (partly damp stained and discoloured). With illustrations. ¶ Including an annotated catalogue (65 pp.) of Dutch pharmaceutical periodicals from 1755 to 1945.

Lugduni (Lyon),: Joannem Certe,, 1686. [xii], 413, [xxxiii] pp. Small 8vo (9,3 x 15,3 cm.). Contemporary brown calf (top and bottom of spine slightly damaged; upper edge of the front side slightly rubbed; corners a bit bumped), Spine in compartments gilt decorated and lettered; speckled edges. Seme wood-engraved head and tail pieces. With a contemporary engraved bookplate of Ludovicus… Read more about this item

Paris,: J.-B. Baillère,, 1874.. xiv, 640 pp. 8vo (14,5 x 22 cm.). Contemporary half dark green morrocco (some slight rubbings), spine gilt lettered. With 218 wood-engravings in the text. ¶ A classic on the subject. This copy was especially bound for E. Daltroff (the father of the "nose"?), who was at that time owner of the Pharmacie Guénin (Bar-sur-Seine).--… Read more about this item

Bruges,: Félix de Pachtere,, 1843.. 85, [iii] pp. Large 4to (22 x 29,5 cm.). Half black cloth library binding with gild lettered red morocco label on spine. Original printed front wrapper bound in (slightly dust soiled), which has a small tear in the inner margin and missing a small piece of the lower outer corner. With a wood… Read more about this item