Oct 18, 2005 - Sale 2052

Sale 2052 - Lot 58

Price Realized: $ 9,775
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
THE LITITZ PHARMACOPOEIA [BROWN, WILLIAM.] Pharmacopoeia simpliciorum et efficaciorum, in usum nosocomii militaris, ad Exercitum Foederatum Americae Civitatum pertinentis. 32 pages. interleaved, with scattered Latin formulas for remedies in contemporary hand. 8vo, disbound, backed with cloth in the 19th-century; occasional soiling, foxing, and minor stains. Contemporary signature of Samuel Dingfield. Philadelphia: Styner & Cist, 1778

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first edition of the first original pharmacopoeia published in the united states.