An Experimental History of the Materia Medica or of the Natural and Artificial Substances Made Use of in Medicine ....
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- Full contemporary calf.
- London: Printed by H Baldwin, for the Author, 1761
London: Printed by H Baldwin, for the Author, 1761. First Edition. Full contemporary calf.. Good; front cover detached.. 4to, xxii, [2 - privilege], [1] - 590, [1 - blank], [32 - indexes] pp.
Waring, p. 63 - "A work of considerable merit, containing more original observations than are usually met with in works of the period". Neville I, p. 61 has a laudatory entry about the author and his book (he mis-identifies the first edition as being 1766) and cites him as being at the "forefront" of eighteenth century experimental chemistry between Boyle and Black(!)
Waring, p. 63 - "A work of considerable merit, containing more original observations than are usually met with in works of the period". Neville I, p. 61 has a laudatory entry about the author and his book (he mis-identifies the first edition as being 1766) and cites him as being at the "forefront" of eighteenth century experimental chemistry between Boyle and Black(!)
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Title
An Experimental History of the Materia Medica or of the Natural and Artificial Substances Made Use of in Medicine ....
Author
Lewis, William
Binding
Full contemporary calf.
Condition
Good
Publisher
Printed by H Baldwin, for the Author: London
Date
1761
Edition
First Edition