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POMET (PIERRE) Histoire générale des drogues, 3 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, Paris, Jean-Baptiste Loyson, Augustin Pillon and Estienne Ducastin, 1694
27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
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POMET (PIERRE)
Histoire générale des drogues, 3 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-title, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait, over 400 engravings in the text of plants, animals, fish, minerals and genre scenes, with one engraved plate and 16-page supplement, some foxing and browning, a few repairs in margins (one on X1 just shaving text), contemporary calf, recornered and rebacked preserving most of original backstrip and spine label [Caillet 8811; Garrison-Morton 1827.1; Hunt 391; Nissen ZBI 3218], folio, Paris, Jean-Baptiste Loyson, Augustin Pillon and Estienne Ducastin, 1694
Footnotes
"Ouvrage curieux, qui était le guide et le manuel des Herboristes et Apothicaires du XVIIe siecle" (Caillet). Piere Pomet, apothecary and botanist, compiled this extensive materia medica from specimens brought back from France's trading partners all over the world. This copy has the rare additional engraved plate and 16-page supplement recorded in the Hunt copy.





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