Boerhaave's Treatise of the materia medica, and forms of medicines : adapted to his aphorisms, on the knowledge and cure of diseases. Translated from the last genuine edition of the Latin.

Libellus de materie medica. English. 1739

London : Printed for G. Hawkins, at Milton's-Head, between the Temple-Gates; and E. Littleton, at the Mitre, over-against St. Dunstan's-Church Fleet-Street, 1739.

2 unnumbered pages, viii, 245 pages, 1 unnumbered page, xxix, 5 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm (12mo)

Lindeboom: Bibliographia Boerhaaviana 1959

Hertzberger: STC of books ... by Herman Boerhaave 157

NLM 18th Cent p. 55

ESTC N15396

Collation includes two blank leaves at end

Index of diseases: p. [i]-xxix at end

"The learned Dr. Samuel Du Ry, a great promoter of Physick, has taken care to make this edition as correct as possible, and has for your use added an index"--Boerhaave's preface, dated "Leyden 1719" (p. viii)

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Sir W. Paton's executors Note: Binding: Contemp. calf, gilt tooled. Front cover loose. Contains annotations. On t.p.: Signature of Edward Giddy, 1762. From the library of Sir William Paton.