First edition. Macmillan and Co. London. 1910. Two volumes. Octavo. xii, 428pp; (3), 332pp. 74 illustrations. Original cloth, gilt lettering and rules to spine. Top edge gilt. Untrimmed, partially unopened. Endpapers toned. "Presentation Copy" blind stamp to lower margin of title Vol. I. No inscriptions. A bright handsome set.
Garrison and Morton 2045.
Alfred Charles Wootton (1866 -1909) Editor of the "Chemist and Druggist". "The art of the apothecary" from antiquity, "In the course of ages they became associated with magic, with theology, with alchemy, with crimes and conscious frauds, with the strangest fancies, and dogmas, and delusions, and with the severest science."

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Bookseller: Paul Haynes Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: Biblio487
Title: Chronicles of pharmacy. Volumes I & II.
Author: Wootton, A. C
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1910
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Apothecary, Hippocrates, Galen, Magic, Herbal, Medicine, Pharmacopoeias, Alchemy, Nostrums, Poisons
Bookseller catalogs: History; Science; Medical;
Size: 8vo
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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