Auction 487/round/2 BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Sep 22, 2020 (your local time)
Italy
 Via Pontaccio 12, 20121 Milano

Auction 487

22 September 2020

II session - 3.30 pm, from lot 135 to lot 270

Venue: Via Pontaccio 12, Milano

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LOT 179:

POMET, Pierre (1658-1699) - Histoire générale des drogues. Paris: Jean-Baptiste Loyson, Augustin ...

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POMET, Pierre (1658-1699) - Histoire générale des drogues. Paris: Jean-Baptiste Loyson, Augustin Pillon and Estienne Ducastin, 1694. First edition of the most complete materia medica of the time, compiled by the Parisian apothecary and botanist Pomet who gathered his collection of drugs from all parts of the world with which France traded. Folio (383 x 248mm). Half-title, engraved portrait, title in red and black, numerous engravings in text and a plate, woodcu initials and headpieces (small marginal repair to thalf-title, some brownins and spotting, O1, X1 with repaired external margin, some other sporadic restoration or repaired tear). Contemporary calf, spin gilt (rebacked and restored). Sometimes a supplement is found with the work. Provenance: Vittorio Arioli (bookplate).