PHARMACOPOEA ROSSICA

Petropoli, Typis academiae scientiarum, 1778; petit in 4, (5), 142pp., plein veau (reliure e l'époque), (coiffes et coins émoussés)

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---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- PREMIERE PHARMACOPEE RUSSE ---- "The first pharmacopoeia to be considered an official pharmacopoeia was the Florentine Nuovo receptario published in 1478. Within fifty years, other European political units prepared and published official pharmacopoeias but national pharmacopoeias did not come into wide use until the eighteenth century. Russia was among the first countries to compile pharmacopoeia. In 1778 the Russian Academy of Science at St. Petersburg had published a pharmacopoea rossica. Each entry is written chiffley in Latin but does give the Russian name of the botanical simple or preparation... . (Heirs of Hippocrates N 1590 later ed.) ** (12.CART.RUSSE)