Books and Manuscripts · Lot 2447
[Pharmacy]. Pomet, P.
Histoire générale des drogues, simples et composeés, Renfermant dans les trois classes des Végétaux, des Animaux & des Minéraux, tout ce qui est l'objet de la Physique, de la Chimie, de la Pharmacie, & des Arts les plus utiles à la societé des Hommes (...). Nouvelle Edition, corrigée & augmentée des Doses, & des Usages. Par le Sieur Pomet fils, Apotiquaire. Paris, E. and L.-E. Ganeau, 1735, 2nd ed., 2 vols., (4),XVIII,306,(14); (4),406,(14)p., 2 ident. woodcut title-vignettes, engr. frontisp., 220 (of 222) (full-p.) ills. by I. Crespy on 88 plates (6x double-p.), contemp. unif. calf, gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.
- Lot
- 2447
- Auction
- Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026
- Estimate
- €300 – €500
- Photos
- 5 photos
Condition
Vol. 2 lacks 2 engr. ills. (no. 33, 57). Both vols. (sl.) waterstained/ mouldy throughout in outer (blank) margin; some leaves skilfully strengthened w. paper in outer margin; some ills. cut short on plate-mark; both vols. bookplate DF on upper pastedown. Very carefully rebacked.
Notes
Ferchl p.419: "Es ist dies das erste Handbuch der Pharmakognosie"; Nissen, BBI 1555n and ZBI 3218; Hunt 496; Pritzel 7258; Arents 542 (Engl. transl. 1725). The nice engr. ills. depicting (exotic) plants and animals. The first edition was published in Paris in 1694. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
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