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[Medicine - Pharmacology] FOURNIER, Nicolas "Traitté complet de matiere medicale avec les observations et formules de remedes". [Montpellier], "4to: [2]-638-[pp., brown ink (occ. staining, blank top margin pp. 263-gnawed at). Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt spine with raised bands and morocco label, red edges (rubbed, joints splitting, head and tail def.). Good condition. Extensive treatise on pharmacological recipes by Nicolas Fournier (1690-1782), in the period 1730-professor at Montpellier and later physician at the Paris Charité Hospital. Manuscript copy by (or for?) the Montpellier physician Des Michels. With some additions, in another hand, at the end.