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1721 The Dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians
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Description
First Edition, Leather Binding, Very Scarce
A very scarce first edition.
Illustrated with a frontispiece and a small number of woodcut ornaments.
The first edition of John Quincy's translation and revision of the official pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, based upon the 1618 'Pharmacopoeia Londinensis', which was the first authoritative, standard pharmacopoeia for the whole of the country.
With the former owner's inscription of Thomas Roe, September 1785, to the front free endpaper.
ESTC T61388
With the collation A-Z8, 2A4. Collated, lacking the final text leaf [2A5], the sixteen page index to the rear, and the terminal blanks.
Quincy expands the 'Pharmacopoeia Londinensis' with explanations, notes, and criticisms, making it both a reference book and a teaching text. He rejected the Galenic notion of spirits residing in the body and was opposed to medical quackery.
Condition
In a contemporary panelled calf binding. Small hole in calf to centre of front board. Lacking perimeters of spine label. Rubbing to joints, back strip tail, and raised bands. Head of rear joint starting, with board firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Lacking final text leaf, sixteen page index, and rear blanks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, with light tide marks to gutter of first eight leaves.
Good
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