THE EDINBURGH NEW DISPENSATORY: CONTAINING, 1. THE ELEMENTS OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY. 2. THE MATERIA MEDICA; OR, AN ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES EMPLOYED IN MEDICINE. 3. THE PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS AND MEDICINAL COMPOSITIONS OF THE LATEST EDITIONS OF THE LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHARMACOPOEIAS
Walpole: D. Carlisle, Jun. 1796. Third American Edition. Octavo, xxix, 622 pp with three plates (one folding plate). Third American Edition from the Fourth Edinburgh Edition. Good; bound in contemporary leather with surface marks and fading to covers, cracks to front hinge and wear to corners; binding tight; text block deeply age-toned in areas; foxing and age-toning to pages and plates throughout; three plates present and intact, folding plate heavily creased and accordioned; previous owner name on ffep and title page "Thomas Boyd" and "Copeland Boyd;" MF consignment.
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WITH THE ADDITIONS OF THE MOST APPROVED FORMULAE, FROM THE BEST FOREIGN PHARMACOPOEIAS. THE WHOLE INTERSPERSED WITH PRACTICAL CAUTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS; AND ENRICHED WITH THE LATEST DISCOVERIES IN NATURAL HISTORY, CHEMISTRY, AND MEDICINE; WITH NEW TABLES OF ELECTIVE ATTRACTIONS OF ANTIMONAL AND MERCURIAL PREPARATIONS, &C., AND SEVERAL COPPERPLATES OF THE MOST CONVENIENT FURNACES, AND PRINCIPAL PHARMACEUTICAL INSTRUMENTS. BEING AN IMPROVEMENT OF THE NEW DISPENSATORY BY DR. LEWIS. WITH MANY ALTERATIONS, CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS: AND A FULL AND CLEAR ACCOUNT OF THE NEW CHEMICAL DOCTRINES PUBLISHED BY MR. LAVOISIER.