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[ANTWERP - PHARMACOPOEIA]. [BOUDEWIJNS, Michiel, and others].Biblio.com

Pharmacia Antverpiensis galeno-chymica.

1661réf. JC5F71XARFAUAntwerp 1661. 4to. Joris Willemsens I 18th-century vellum faded manuscript title on spine. With an integral engraved architectural title page by Petrus van Caukercken after Abraham van Diepenbeeck with the title on a drapery held by 2 putti in an arch and flanked by figures of Claudius Galenus and Masawaih al-Mardini views of a botanical garden and an apothecary's shop below and Jesus with numerous religious and allegorical figures above in a cloud letterpress title page with a woodcut decoration a divisional title for part 2 woodcut tailpieces woodcut decorated initials 5 series. Set in roman and italic with incidental Greek textura and pharmacological signs. 1 1 blank 46 285 = 281 32 1 blank pp. Rare first and only edition in Latin of the first and only official pharmacopoeia for Antwerp containing hundreds of medicinal recipes and throwing a great deal of light on 17th-century medical practice in the Low Countries. The work's separate part with the title "Selectiora chymica" shows the rising importance of chemistry in the production of medicines. Although Plantin published an important and influential 1568 Antwerp edition of Valerius Cordus's Dispensatorium first published posthumously at Nürnberg in 1546 it was not produced by order of any official municipal body. In 1624 the magistrates of Antwerp set up a Collegium Medicum which did declare that medicines were to be prepared following Cordus until further notice. In 1659 the Antwerp Collegium Medicum decided to produce their own pharmacopoeia primarily at the impetus of their secretary and future director Michiel Boudewijns 1591-1681 best known as the father of modern medical ethics. Although his name does not appear on the title-page the book does attribute the 18-page preface to him and he was probably the principal compiler of the book. The decision to compile it makes explicit reference to those published at Augsburg 1564 Rome 1583 Amsterdam 1636 and Brussels 1641 but Valerius may have remained the most important source. No apothecaries were officially consulted in the compilation of the pharmacopoeia reflecting the growing status of physicians and declining status of apothecaries.Although the letterpress title-page is dated 1660 the engraved title-page when present is apparently always dated 1661 and in some copies the 1660 has been corrected to 1661. The work has extensive preliminaries with dedications notes to the reader laudatory verses etc. but some copies include an unsigned bifolium inserted after a2 containing an additional dedication not present here. The present copy does have the rarer addendum leaf at the end and an addendum slip on Q3r supplying the omitted last line of that page with the quire signature and catchword below it. The addendum leaf has three blind impressions of the type for this addendum slip in its head margin.With minimal wear at the edges. With a brown spot in the outer margin of the first two gatherings; a very good copy.l Anet 6 copies; Daems & Vandewiele pp. 62-63 5 copies; STCV 12879911 5 copies incl. 1 defective; not in Krivatsy; Wellcome. LOW COUNTRIES MEDICINE & PHARMACY Antwerp Belgium Medicine & Pharmacy 17th Century Pharmacy / Pharmacopaea hardcover

Asher Rare Books · Pays-Bas2 750,00 €

VAN ANTWERP, EdithBiblio.com

Points of the Horse: Translated from the Chinese

1938réf. 527345San Mateo California: The Quercus Press 1938. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Foreword by Edith Van Antwerp. Quarto. 4pp. printed rectos only. Sewn yellow-gold wrappers printed in black on front cover. The title page is printed in black type with 'modern horse character' in Chinese framed in bright yellow thick line rule and the colophon prints the 'Archaic horse character' and the 'heiroglyphic horse character 500 B.C.' in Chinese and thanks 'Mr. Patrick Pichi Sun Vice-Consul in San Francisco for the Republic of China for writing the modern horse character that appears on the title page of this book' presumably this statement was by Edith Van Antwerp. Beautifully designed and printed in a small edition "a very few copies have been printed." with a printed calling card and handwritten note from Edith Van Antwerp presenting this copy to Melba Berry Bennett. The engraved card measures 2 7/8 by 2 inches and stating "Mrs. William Clarkson Van Antwerp' with a twelve-line holograph note on recto and verso of card from Edith Van Antwerp to 'Dear Melba' Melba Berry Bennett presenting this book and stating: "Dear Melba - At long last-- here it is! It goes to you with Frances' i.e. Mrs. Theodore Max Lilienthal and my love and thanks for your amiable forbearance when we were in the throes of production. We really think it is pretty good. we hope it will find favor in your eyes. Best Christmas wishes E. V. P." Theodore Max Lilienthal and Leon Gelber established the Gelber-Lilienthal Book Shop in San Francisco in 1924 and a publishing company under the imprint Lantern Press. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Max Lilienthal along with Edith Van Antwerp later established The Quercus Press in San Mateo California. In 1940 they began using the Albion Press that once belonged to William Morris the press was acquired from the estate of Dr. J. W. Bartlett of New York. Melba Berry Bennett poet bibliophile and Robinson Jeffers family friend wrote the authorized biography of Jeffers The Stone Mason of Tor House: The Life and Times of Robinson Jeffers which was awarded the California Commonwealth Club's Silver Medal in 1966. She was also associated with The Quercus Press. On April 1 1940 she was one of the supporters of The Quercus Press who pulled the first page that was printed by The Quercus Press on their newly acquired Albion Press that was once owned by Morris and the Kelmscott Press. Edith Van Antwerp's Foreword concludes: ". a very few copies have been printed for a very few people in whose hearts today is this very same ancient love of the horse." A fine copy of a rare publication. OCLC lists a two holdings Huntington Library and Mills College. The Quercus Press unknown

Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA · États-Unis3 750,00 $US≈ 3 343,74 €

[MEDICINE LIST - ANTWERP - BROADSIDE].Biblio.com

Lijste der medicijnen. relatief tot het placcaet in dato 10 april als hier onder.

1684réf. ABC_50512Antwerp 1684. Ca. 51 x 37 cm. Rare and substantial 17th-century pharmaceutical broadside listing approximately 150 composite medicines required to be held in specified locations such as apothecaries or ships medicine chests. The document was formally concluded in the sessions of the Maandagsche Raad Monday Council of 28 February and 6 March 1684 and is signed by J.B. Greyns active in Antwerp civic administration in the early 1680s and Andries-Eugeen van Valckenisse 1630-1684 city secretary of Antwerp.The list provides a structured overview of officially recognised medicinal preparations reflecting the regulatory framework of early modern pharmacy. Remedies are grouped according to their form including electuaria herbal pastes mixed with honey or sugar pilulae pills sirupi syrups both laxative and non-laxative conservae preserved botanical substances opiata opium-based compounds such as laudanum emplastra and unguenta plasters and ointments as well as simplicia the unmixed raw materials of plant mineral or animal origin.Such official lists were essential instruments of medical standardisation ensuring the availability and uniformity of treatments in both civic and maritime contexts an important consideration in a major commercial hub such as Antwerp.The present work is associated with Van Valckenisse a notable but now largely overlooked scholar and administrator. Active during Antwerps intellectually vibrant yet economically shifting 17th century Van Valckenisse belonged to a distinguished family deeply embedded in civic religious and scholarly life. The document is co-signed by J.B. Greyns a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke Sint-Lucasgilde active in the citys civic milieu in the early 1680s.With the manuscript number "79" in the upper right corner. The lower right corner has been restored some damp staining and foxing in the margins. Otherwise in good condition. unknown