The first U.S. Pharmacopoeia : PHARMACOPOEIA of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA 1820, First Edition
The PHARMACOPOEIA of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA
1820, First Edition
by the authority of the Medical Societies and Colleges
Boston, printed by Wells & Lilly
for Charles Ewer # 51, Cornhill, December 1820
8-1/2 x 5-1/4”l original brown full calf; complete in 272 pages.
For books of this type and date, the pages are unusually clean until typical foxing begins around page 162; complete and readable throughout; covers detached and pages loose in binding.
Provenance
Ink signature of JJ Howard MD on title page, below 3/4” horizontal strip cut off (presumably the original owner's signature,, removed by an autograph collector). The following page is inked
“J J Howard MD, 6/20th/63” for 1863.
Inside front cover bears further provenance :
(1) Inked “Jan, 1934 / Presented to my friend Dr. Luckett with sincere regards, OER Sudler, MD
(2) Circular printed label of William McKean, Bookseller & Stationer, New Orleans
Stamped “JAS. K. SUDLER & SON DRUGGISTS / MANUFACTURERS OF “HALLECKS M...Stomach / KROGHAN...for the Blood /
Cor. 5Th & H Sts, N.W / WASHINGTON, D.C."
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