DE MEUVE. Dictionnaire pharmaceutique ou apparat de medecine - Lot 194

DE MEUVE. Dictionnaire pharmaceutique ou apparat de medecine pharmacie et chymie. Published in Paris by Laurent d'Houry in 1669. In quarto / In-4 format. Brown speckled basane. Spine decorated with gilt fleurons and title. Gilt edges. Speckled edges. Contemporary binding. (3)-674-(16) pages, engraved bands and ornamented initials in the text. Text on 2 columns. Spine rubbed, headbands worn and missing at head cap, boards worn, corners dull and bottom right corner trimmed. Leaves a little untidy, handwritten annotations from the period on the first white endpaper. Second edition, enlarged and revised by the author, of this unusual work, the first of the modern pharmaceutical encyclopedias. It is a glossary of remedies, detailing the virtues of medicinal plants and minerals. The dictionary also contains numerous recipes. Handwritten bookplate on title page. Fairly well preserved inside.