75/2408 [Pharmacy]. Pomet, P. A Compleat History of Druggs. London, printed for R. and J. Bonwicke and R. Wilkin etc., 1725, 2nd Engl. ed., (26),419,(13)p., 86 plates w. num. woodcut ills., contemp. panelled and blindst. calf, 4to.

- Upper margin of all the plates cut short w. occas. some partial loss of text and image; occas. offsetting on opposite page. Rebacked and tightly bound in.

= The second edition of the English translation (1st ed. 1712) of this very nicely illustrated work. Arents 542; Mueller, Kaffee 169; Hünersdorf p.1178f; Wellcome IV, p.142. The illustrations depict plants, animals and very nice, almost half-page scenes of manufacturing tobacco, sugar, indigo, the production of silk, bee-keeping etc. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.