Louis-Daniel Arnault de Nobleville - Le Manuel des dames de charité ou formules de médicamens faciles à préparer - 1751

Rare edition of this work which contains numerous pharmaceutical preparations based on plants, flowers, honey, brandy, powder, potions, etc...

This book is intended for the medicine of the poor, providing simple and inexpensive remedies to make. In the preface, it even lists the simples to be used along with their prices at the time -

Louis Daniel Arnault de Nobleville was a French physician and naturalist. Appointed to the College of Medicine of Orléans in 1744, he carried out numerous studies with his fellow Orléanese François Salerne. He will be responsible for preventing and fighting epidemics -

Louis-Daniel Arnault de Nobleville - The Manual of Ladies of Charity or Formulas of medicine easy to prepare, drawn up in favor of charitable people who distribute remedies to the poor in towns and in the countryside - 1751 - Debure l’Aîné -
xlviii-403 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, the work in its full period marbled calfskin, wear from use, a few minor defects on covers and spine, tear on the lower cap, corners bumped, margins scuffed, red edges, spine with raised bands, gilded title on a piece of fawn morocco -

Good interior condition, browning, small vignette on the title page, pretty headbands, nice initial letters, marbled endpapers in decent condition, good copy -

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