[Pharmacopoeia. London] Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Londini

London, Thomas Newcomb for John Martyn a.o., 1677, (16),208,(6),(2 blank) p., w. engr. frontisp. and fold. engr. view of the Royal College of Medicine both by D. Loggan, woodcut coat of arms of Charles II on title-p., contemp. calf, sm. folio. Two erased library stamps on title-p., closed tear on fold of the view, a bit foxed/sl. browned margins throughout. Upper free endpapers almost loose. The binding has been neatly rebacked (ribbed and blindst. spine w. mor. letterpiece) and recornered, preserving the original free endpaper, the upper one w. annotation: "Presented to his kind and highly valued friend Richard Smith Esq. by J. Camplin M.D. 2 July 1830".

Marriott, Pharmaceutical compounding, p. 9-10; Wellcome IV, p. 363; Wing R2105. The third major revision of the London Pharmacopoeia, probably the 8th edition (first: 1618). Very rare. A list of simples is followed by recipes in all kinds of categories, the work also contains a list of the members of the Royal College of Physicians and an index at the end. A variant edition with different imprint was published as well.