Oct 16, 2018 - Sale 2488

Sale 2488 - Lot 136

Unsold
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
(PATENT MEDICINE.) Tilly, Nicolas Koning de. The Arms of Tilly. The Virtues and Effects of the Remedy named Medicamentum gratia probatum, id est, the Remedy approved by Grace. Letterpress broadside with woodcut device of ouroboros and bird at top on recto. 332x215 mm; paper fragile with extensive dark stains, some chipping along edges, partial horizontal crack across top, horizontal crease across bottom. sold as is. (Haarlem: Johan Enschedé), early 1800s

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Advertisement for a quack wonder drug, one of a number of editions or issues published from the 1760s onward, all now scarce.