The British dispensatory, . containing a faithful translation of the new London pharmacopoeia, publish'd by the College of Physicians, and enforced by the king and council. To which are joined, in a compendious manner, the whole contents of the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia; with notes explanatory and additional: including illustrations of the obscurer passages, reasons of the variations of the two dispensatories, methods of distinguishing the goodness of the simples, and useful remarks relating to the preparation of the medicines.
Royal College of Physicians of London
Category
Books
Date
1747
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3050060
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii,[2],136;83,[7]p. . 12mo.. Imperfect: wanting the three final advertisement leaves. Leaf containing pp. xi-xii mis-bound following title page; leaf containing errata bound at end. Identified in 1768 catalogue (later entry): M.4.. Provenance: Bookplate: Lady Mary Booth (1704-1772) after 1739; armorial variant 2. Franks 12838.. Binding: 18th century sprinkled sheepskin binding; double gilt fillet border; blind roll pattern on board edges; gilt fillets on spine, and manuscript spine label (faded).
Makers and roles
Royal College of Physicians of London Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh