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Exhibitor

Antiquariaat De Slegte
Wapper 5
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium

Phone

0032(0)32316627 0032(0)32316627

Email

antwerpen.wapper@deslegte.com

Website

www.deslegte.com

Artzney-Schatz in rare second edition
Johann SCHRODER, Friedrich HOFFMANN & Georg Daniel KOSCHWITZ Vollständige und nuss-reiche Apotheke/ Oder: Trefflich versehener Medicin-Chymischer höchstkostbarer Artzney-Schatz Frankfurt & Leipzig, J. Hoffmann & E. Streck, 1709. Folio: [14], 1324, 120, [60] p. Cont. blind-stamped pigskin over wood, covers with central floral ornament within 3 blind-rolled frames with floral ornamentation (1 with tiny portraits), divided by blind-ruled frames, spine with 5 raised bands, 1 (of 2) metal clasp with leather tongue preserved. * Illustrated with engraved frontispiece showing a pharmacy, portrait of G.D. Koschwitz and 48 full-page plates showing pharmacist?s and distilling tools, plants, spices, trees, roots, flowers, vegetables and animals. Most botanical plates show 9 different plants with their Latin and German name. Title printed in red and black. Text printed in gothic type, in 2 columns. Binding bumped at corners and lightly rubbed at joints and sides. Some wormwork at inner blank margin of first few text pages, p. 1245-1248 loose, paper lightly browned with light foxing at blank edges. A very good copy of an impressive book. # Very rare second German enlarged edition of an extensive pharmaceutical handbook, the Artzney-Schatz by J. Schröder (1st Latin ed. 1641), edited and enlarged by G. D. Koschwitz. It contains recipes how to make syrups, essences, tinctures, unguents, there is a part on macro-cosmology and a large illustrated alphabetical encyclopedia of medicinal and other plants from all over the world.
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