Practical Manual Containing over Five Hundred Formulas, for the Use of Druggists, Perfumers, Manufacturers of Medicines, Etc., Many of which are Original, and were Never Before Published. [Druggists' Manual]
Rochester, N.Y. Press of Hebard, Tracy & Co., Book and Job Printers. 1860. First Edition. Small Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2334414
First edition. Scarce, only 6 in OCLC, not in Hoolihan's Atwater Catalogue (despite being printed in Rochester). Professionally rebacked, boards rubbed with corners exposed, quarter-sized discoloration on front board, a few pages foxed.
iv, [5]-217, [6] pp. Hundreds of recipes for household remedies and other useful concoctions, as well as proper medicines. Includes useful instructions and tables on various things such as: taking the specific gravity of liquids; alcohols and acids; medical terms and abbreviations; lists of goods and wholesale dealers for druggists.
Price: $250.00