Code des médicamens, ou Pharmacopée française, publiée par o - Lot 191

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Code des médicamens, ou Pharmacopée française, publiée par o - Lot 191
Code des médicamens, ou Pharmacopée française, publiée par ordre de Sa Majesté, par la Faculté de médecine de Paris, l'an 1818, traduite du latin en français, par MM. Pavet et La Roche [...] revue et corrigée par MM. Hallé, Leroux, Henry et Richard. Paris, Hacquart, 1819. In-4° of [3] ff. cxcvj, 373 pp. half marbled fawn basane, smoothorné spine, green morocco t.p., marbled edges (period binding). Rare first French edition, bearing the publisher's autograph signature, of the new Codex for all of France. This is the translation from Latin into French of the 1818 Codex. The copy has been endowed with a printed leaflet on vases, followed by 20 ff, of which 9 pp. present recipes and medical potions written and signed by THEVENON (against blennorrhea, jaundice, itching of the skin, vomiting, gall, baldness...); in addition, the copy is enriched with various documents: attestation, recipe, potions and ointments, including: "Nouveau Prix Courant des Extraits pharmaceutiques" chez DAUSSE Aîné, à Paris, 1836; Notice sur l'emploi des pectoraux, 1844; pilules... Bookplate of THEVENON, doctor in Craponne. Haute-Loire. Binding rubbed, cardboard creased at lower corner of upper cover, some wetness. The copy has been used, but is still in very good condition.
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