1382 - Charas, M.

Charas, M. Pharmacopoeia regia Galenica. Originally written in French by the author, now translated into Latin. Geneva, Dufour 1684. Double-page engraved frontispiece, xii, 496, viii, 449, xxvi pp., 5 engraved plates, iv, frontispiece, 275 pp., 3 plates. 1 tab. 4°. Skillfully rebacked, foxed especially at the beginning and end of each part. Some mild browning. Faint water stains in the margin at the beginning of the first part. Parts 1 and 2 comprise the pharmacopoeia. Part 3 is his work on treacle and vipers, added to this edition of his pharmacopoeia. Kremers & Urdang, p. 533: “French apothecary (1618–1698). His Pharmacopoeia… was published in 1672. Over the course of a century, it went through several editions in French. It was also translated into English and Latin. Charas wrote several other treatises: one on treacle and the medical use of viper flesh, and another on China bark and its preparation.”—A rare edition containing the rare treatise on the viper.—44.