PHARMACOLOGY]. POMET, PIERRE. A Compleat History of Druggs... Divided into three Classes, Vegetable, Animal and Mineral; with their Use in Physick, Chymistry, Pharmacy, and several other Arts... London, 1712. 2 vols. in one, 4to, 225 x 175 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked, some wear to edges. First English Edition, numerous engraved plates. Hunt 428. Ownership inscription "James and William Fonoulhet, 1750" on title; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- BLAIR, PATRICK. Pharmaco-Botanologia: or, an Alphabetical and Classical Dissertation on all the British Indigenous and Garden Plants... London, 1723-28. 7 parts in one vol., 4to, 220 x 172 mm., 19th-century half calf, Edward Rudge's copy with his crest on spine, joints cracked. Engraved folding plate. FIRST EDITION, published in 7 decades and covering plants up to the letter H, using Tournefortian's classification. This is one of the first British botanical books to be published in parts. Henrey 457 and II. p. 49. Edward Rudge's copy -- LEMERY, NICOLAS. Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues... Nouvelle Édition... Paris, 1759. 4to, 255 x 190 mm., contemporary mottled calf, spine elaborately gilt. Engraved frontispiece and 25 engraved plates. NLM/Blake p. 264 -- HILL, JOHN. A History of the Materia Medica. London, 1751. 4to, 248 x 200 mm., modern mottled calf. FIRST EDITION. NLM/Blake p. 211. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- HILL. Medical and Botanical Tracts.. First Collected into a Volume... London, 1772. 7 parts in one vol., 8vo, 210 x 137 mm., contemporary half vellum, some marginal wear; light browning -- WILSON, JOHN. A Synopsis of British Plants in Mr. Ray's Method... Newcastle, 1744. 8vo, 193 x 110 mm., contemporary reversed calf, spine ends and upper joint worn. FIRST EDITION, 2 woodcut plates. Henrey 1501. Old ownership inscription ("Will. Huddesford, Trinity College Oxford") on front free endpaper; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- WÜERTZ, GEORG CHRISTOPH. Conamen Mappae Generalis Medicamentorum Simplicium... Strassburg, 1778. 4to, 235 x 215 mm., contemporary wrappers; scattered light foxing. FIRST EDITION, large engraved folding plate. Hirsch VI p. 339. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- AITON, WILLIAM TOWNSEND An Epitome of the Second Edition of Hortus Kewensis... London, 1814. 8vo, 192 x 118 mm., contemporary green straight grain morocco gilt, g.e. FIRST EDITION, first issue. Henrey 415 -- CHOULANT, JOHANN LUDWIG. Handbuch der Bücherkunde für die aeltere Medicin. Leipzig, 1828. 8vo, 201 x 123 mm., contemporary boards. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- DYMOCK, WILLIAM. Pharmacographia Indica. A History of the Pricipal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, met with in British India. London, 1889-91. 3 vols., 8vo, 210 x 136 mm., cloth, upper joint of vol. I starting (12)
PHARMACOLOGY]. POMET, PIERRE. A Compleat History of Druggs... Divided into three Classes, Vegetable, Animal and Mineral; with their Use in Physick, Chymistry, Pharmacy, and several other Arts... London, 1712. 2 vols. in one, 4to, 225 x 175 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked, some wear to edges. First English Edition, numerous engraved plates. Hunt 428. Ownership inscription "James and William Fonoulhet, 1750" on title; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- BLAIR, PATRICK. Pharmaco-Botanologia: or, an Alphabetical and Classical Dissertation on all the British Indigenous and Garden Plants... London, 1723-28. 7 parts in one vol., 4to, 220 x 172 mm., 19th-century half calf, Edward Rudge's copy with his crest on spine, joints cracked. Engraved folding plate. FIRST EDITION, published in 7 decades and covering plants up to the letter H, using Tournefortian's classification. This is one of the first British botanical books to be published in parts. Henrey 457 and II. p. 49. Edward Rudge's copy -- LEMERY, NICOLAS. Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues... Nouvelle Édition... Paris, 1759. 4to, 255 x 190 mm., contemporary mottled calf, spine elaborately gilt. Engraved frontispiece and 25 engraved plates. NLM/Blake p. 264 -- HILL, JOHN. A History of the Materia Medica. London, 1751. 4to, 248 x 200 mm., modern mottled calf. FIRST EDITION. NLM/Blake p. 211. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- HILL. Medical and Botanical Tracts.. First Collected into a Volume... London, 1772. 7 parts in one vol., 8vo, 210 x 137 mm., contemporary half vellum, some marginal wear; light browning -- WILSON, JOHN. A Synopsis of British Plants in Mr. Ray's Method... Newcastle, 1744. 8vo, 193 x 110 mm., contemporary reversed calf, spine ends and upper joint worn. FIRST EDITION, 2 woodcut plates. Henrey 1501. Old ownership inscription ("Will. Huddesford, Trinity College Oxford") on front free endpaper; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- WÜERTZ, GEORG CHRISTOPH. Conamen Mappae Generalis Medicamentorum Simplicium... Strassburg, 1778. 4to, 235 x 215 mm., contemporary wrappers; scattered light foxing. FIRST EDITION, large engraved folding plate. Hirsch VI p. 339. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- AITON, WILLIAM TOWNSEND An Epitome of the Second Edition of Hortus Kewensis... London, 1814. 8vo, 192 x 118 mm., contemporary green straight grain morocco gilt, g.e. FIRST EDITION, first issue. Henrey 415 -- CHOULANT, JOHANN LUDWIG. Handbuch der Bücherkunde für die aeltere Medicin. Leipzig, 1828. 8vo, 201 x 123 mm., contemporary boards. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- DYMOCK, WILLIAM. Pharmacographia Indica. A History of the Pricipal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, met with in British India. London, 1889-91. 3 vols., 8vo, 210 x 136 mm., cloth, upper joint of vol. I starting (12)
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