Pharmacopoea Amstelodamensis Nova - Amsterdam, Pieter Hendrik Dronsberg, 1792. - Later boards. With an engraved title-page by Reinier Vinkeles. XVI, 210, (1) p. 4to. Condition: Fair. Ex-libris on upper pastedown. Binding worn. Occasionally slightly soiled, else internally in good condition. * First published in 1636 on the initiative of the well-known professor Nicolaes Tulp. The Dutch translations of the Pharmacopoea Amstelodamensis appeared from 1683 to 1795. Pages 179-182 give a curious description of a hygrometer and its use: the first time that description appeared in a pharmacopoeia.