SANTO ANTONIO, CAETANO DE. Pharmacopea Lusitana, Methodo Pratico de Preparar & Compor os Medicamentos [“Portuguese Pharmacopoeia, Practical method of Preparing Medicaments.”]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $750

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author

(MEDICINE)

printer

Joam Antunes

Place

Coimbra

Publication

1704

Description

FIRST EDITION. Scattered Portuguese marginalia in an older hand. On front flyleaf, pencil inscription in Ladino (Judeo-Español): Recipe por... ["Prescription for"], followed by a lengthy inscription in Portuguese

summary

The Portuguese physician Caetano de Santo Antonio was born in Beira. Pharmacopea Lusitana was the first pharmacopoeia written by a pharmacist in Portuguese

pp. (16), 431, (1 blank), (24). Opening three leaves marginally frayed, few light stains. Contemporary mottled calf, worn. 4to

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