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BRASAVOLA, ANTONIO MUSA. Examen omnium Catapotiorum vel Pilularum, quarum apud Pharmacopolas usus est. 221, [35] pages. 16mo, 124x78 mm, late 18th-/early 19th-century 1/4 sheep gilt, spine chipped in a few places, joints cracked, cords intact; scattered minor stains, old inscriptions on title and last leaf, the latter imperfectly washed, front free endpaper lacking. Lyon: Jean & François Frellon, 1546
Survey of then available compound medicines presented in dialogue form, originally published in 1543 and here enlarged with an inventory of purgatives and emetics by Conrad Gesner.
