Author: QUINCY, J.- PHARMACOPOEIA.- UK.- 1769.- [J.Quincy]
Title: Pharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea: or, a complet Englsih Dispensatory, in two parts: Part . In two Books. Book 1. of the definition ... of pharmacy. Book II. Of the distribution into proper classes.. of simples. Part II. In Five books. Book I Of the preparation of simples. Book II. Of Saline preparations. Book III. Of metalline preparations. Book IV. Of official compositions; containing all the prescriptions of the London and Edinburgh Pharmacopoeias... Book V. Of extemporaneous Prescriptions... The fourteenth edition, much enlarged and corrected.
Description: London, Printed for T. Longman, in Pater-Noster Row, 1769. 8vo. In contemp. full polished clf., spine ends dam., corners bumped and rubb. upper outer [and inner] hinge split. [A8-Z8, 2A8-2Z8, 3A8-3B8, 3C4]. (XVI, 1-701, LIX [Index] pp.). (Quire Z foxed.). 14th edition. Apart from the binding defects to the outer hinge, this is a very good copy. Properly used and frequently consulted as with all good pharmacopoeias. John Quincy's dispensatory was one of the best 18th century dispensatories and frequently reprinted, from the 1720s onwards. A 15th edition followed in 1782.: Blake, p. 369: Matthews, Hist. of Pharmacy in Britain, pp. 85-88: N.Howard-Jones, 'John Quincy MD. Apothecary and Iatrophysical Writer' [in: J.Hist. Med. 1951, 2, pp. 149 - 175):

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