PHARMACOPÉE. BOTANICS. RENOU (Jean de). Les OEuvres pharmace - Lot 139

PHARMACOPÉE. BOTANICS. RENOU (Jean de). Les OEuvres pharmaceutiques... augmentées d'un tiers en cette seconde édition par l'Auteur, puis tradutes, embellies de plusieurs figures mises en lumière par Louis de Serres. À Lyon, chez Nicolas Gay, 1637-1638. 2 parts in one in-folio volume. [14] ff (including engraved title), 467 pp, [1] f. (title-frontispiece), pp. 468-762, [11] f., 6 plates. Contemporary fawn speckled basane, 5-ribbed spine, havana title page, cold fillet edging the boxes and boards. A two-part work by Jean de Renou dealing with pharmaceuticals, the second part devoted to the apothecary's store, La Boutique pharmaceutique ou antidotaire. It consists of 14 introductory leaves including an engraved title page, 762 pages, a frontispiece preceding the second part showing an animated scene of a pharmaceutical store. With a handsome framed title engraved with figures. Illustrated with 6 large black etchings showing over 250 botanical species used in pharmacy. Provenance: D. André, Physician in Pont-de-Vaux. Worn binding, marginal flaws including small tears and splits, notably at the upper corner of pl.3, light wetness from p. 369 to the end, foxing, all worms on the last few leaves.