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Les Admirables qualitez du Kinkina, confirmées par plusier experiences, et la manière de s'en servir dans toutes les fiévres pour toute forte d'âges, de sexe, & de complexions. Avec De nouvelles Reflexions pour s'en servir utilement, faites par Monsieur (Guy Crescent) Fagon premier Medecin du Roy en 1697. Pour guerir d'une fiévre qu"avoit le feu Roy d'Espagne Charles II, avec de frequentes rechûtes
by (TALBOR, Robert [Sir Robert Talbot, 1642-1681])
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Paris,: Martin & George Jouvenel,, 1705.. [xxiv], 180, [iv] pp. 12mo (9,3 x 15 cm.). Contemporary full calf, spine with 5 raised bands, in compartments gilt, gilt lettered on red morocco label (gilt is faintly; top and bottom of spine with some slight loss of leather; sorners slightly rubbed; joints a little worn), red edges. ¶ Very rare. Second enlarged French edition (first is 1689) of Talbor's "The English Remedy" (1682). Talbor, an untrained "quack" was instrumental to popularize the use of cinchona in Europe. He made a fortune by curing hundreds of royal and aristocatic persons, including Louisa Maria, Queen of Spain, Prince de Condé, Duc de Roche-Foucauld, Charles II, Louis XIV, etc. An attractive copy, despite the somewhat worn binding, inner bright an clean.
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- Les Admirables qualitez du Kinkina, confirmées par plusier experiences, et la manière de s'en servir dans toutes les fiévres pour toute forte d'âges, de sexe, & de complexions. Avec De nouvelles Reflexions pour s'en servir utilement, faites par Monsieur (Guy Crescent) Fagon premier Medecin du Roy en 1697. Pour guerir d'une fiévre qu"avoit le feu Roy d'Espagne Charles II, avec de frequentes rechûtes
- Author
- (TALBOR, Robert [Sir Robert Talbot, 1642-1681])
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Martin & George Jouvenel,
- Place of Publication
- Paris,
- Date Published
- 1705.
- Keywords
- botany therapeutics pharmacy pharmacology quinine materia medica fevers peruvian cinchona bark quinquina malaria quackery
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- quackery - quacks;
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About Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books
Fine and rare books in the fields of science, medicine, technology and the applied arts. Old fashioned printed catalogues and lists available on request.A note on binding conservation. All our ancient leather bindings are carefully cleaned with Brecknell's leather soap, and when needed, treated with hydroxypropylcellulose (in the case of dry leather). Finally we protect the leather with \"Cire 213\", the ultimate binding conservation wax developed by the BNF (Bibliothque nationale de France).
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