Collectif - Dispensatorium Pharmaceuticum Austriaco-Viennense - 1774
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Collectif, Dispensatorium Pharmaceuticum Austriaco-Viennense, a Latin‑language medical and pharmaceutical reference published in Louvain in 1774, in one 385‑page volume sized 17 by 10 cm, bound in period full calf with a red morocco title label reading “PHARMAC. VIENNENS.”, described as in reasonable condition with wear at corners and edges, some early damp stains, and including a Prolegomenon pharmaceuticum and various traditional remedies.
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This precious medical and pharmaceutical work from the eighteenth century is a reference edition of the Viennese pharmacopoeia.
DISPENSATORIUM PHARMACEUTICUM AUSTRIACO-VIENNENSE
In quo hodierna die usualiora medicamenta secundum artis regulas componenda visuntur.
Lovanii [Louvain], Typis Joanni Franc. Van Overbeke, Sub signo Lampadis Aureæ, 1774.
One volume in-12 bound in full calf of the period, spine with raised bands ornamented with gilt compartments and equipped with a red morocco title-piece bearing “PHARMAC. VIENNENS.” Wear and losses at corners and edges. Spine cracked on the first board. Good overall condition. Old dampstains at the beginning of the work. Interior generally clean.
The book contains a Prolegomenon pharmaceuticum (defining various spagyric and chemical terms such as the Alkahest or Alcohol) as well as numerous classes of remedies and traditional medicinal preparations (such as the Classis Prima of Acetis and the “Acetum Bezoardicum”).
Originally published to standardize and regulate the practice of pharmacy in the states of the Archduchy of Austria, this official dispensary was the indispensable tool of apothecaries for the precise dosing and composition of magistral remedies of the Enlightenment era.
Rare copy.
This precious medical and pharmaceutical work from the eighteenth century is a reference edition of the Viennese pharmacopoeia.
DISPENSATORIUM PHARMACEUTICUM AUSTRIACO-VIENNENSE
In quo hodierna die usualiora medicamenta secundum artis regulas componenda visuntur.
Lovanii [Louvain], Typis Joanni Franc. Van Overbeke, Sub signo Lampadis Aureæ, 1774.
One volume in-12 bound in full calf of the period, spine with raised bands ornamented with gilt compartments and equipped with a red morocco title-piece bearing “PHARMAC. VIENNENS.” Wear and losses at corners and edges. Spine cracked on the first board. Good overall condition. Old dampstains at the beginning of the work. Interior generally clean.
The book contains a Prolegomenon pharmaceuticum (defining various spagyric and chemical terms such as the Alkahest or Alcohol) as well as numerous classes of remedies and traditional medicinal preparations (such as the Classis Prima of Acetis and the “Acetum Bezoardicum”).
Originally published to standardize and regulate the practice of pharmacy in the states of the Archduchy of Austria, this official dispensary was the indispensable tool of apothecaries for the precise dosing and composition of magistral remedies of the Enlightenment era.
Rare copy.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Medicine
Book title
Dispensatorium Pharmaceuticum Austriaco-Viennense
Author/ Illustrator
Collectif
Condition
Fair
Publication year oldest item
1774
Height
17 cm
Edition
Other edition
Width
10 cm
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
385
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