Olaus Borrichius
Olaus Borrichius
Language.- Pharmacopoeias.- Borrichius (Olaus) Lingua pharmacopoeorum, sive de accurata vocabulorum in pharmacopolis usitatorum pronunciatione, first and only edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and a decorative initial, (b)4 blank, some spotting and staining, lightly browned throughout, 19th century half calf, later gilt and leather label to spine, corners little worn, rubbed, [Duveen 89; Krivatsy 1557; Wellcome II, 206], small 4to, Copenhagen, M. Godicchenius for P. Haubold, 1670.
⁂ Rare 'very interesting work on the origin and pronunciation of words used in pharmacopoeias...of considerable interest to the chemical historian' (Duveen).
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Olaus Borrichius
Language.- Pharmacopoeias.- Borrichius (Olaus) Lingua pharmacopoeorum, sive de accurata vocabulorum in pharmacopolis usitatorum pronunciatione, first and only edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and a decorative initial, (b)4 blank, some spotting and staining, lightly browned throughout, 19th century half calf, later gilt and leather label to spine, corners little worn, rubbed, [Duveen 89; Krivatsy 1557; Wellcome II, 206], small 4to, Copenhagen, M. Godicchenius for P. Haubold, 1670.
⁂ Rare 'very interesting work on the origin and pronunciation of words used in pharmacopoeias...of considerable interest to the chemical historian' (Duveen).
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