Set of 4 books on medicinal chemistry and pharmacy: - Lot 46

Set of 4 books on medicinal chemistry and pharmacy: 1 (Macon , impression de.). [FOUQUET (Françoise)]: Recueil de receptes choisies, expérimentées, et approuvées, contre quantité de maux fort communs, tant internes, qu'externes, inveterez et difficiles à guérir. [Collected by Mme F. Fouquet and published by Delescure]. Mascon, Simon Bonard, 1676, 2 parts in 1 volume. 7.3 by 13.5 cm. (34)-198-(8); 116-(5) pages. Contemporary full basane. Minor superficial defects. Some foxing, title page soiled, with loss of 2 letters. The original edition dates from 1675. Dorbon no. 1712 (1687 ed.); Brunet II-no. 7632; Chomerat, Répertoire [...], VIII-p. 67, no. 20, locates only 2 copies (B.N.F. and Mâcon). Françoise Fouquet, mother of the superintendent, was one of the first Ladies of Charity of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul. She devoted herself to serving the poor and sick, giving them remedies of her own devising. This is the most famous work of popular pharmacy. It went through many editions. 2. L'HÉRITIER (Dr. Sébastien-Didier): Traité de chimie pathologique ou recherches chimiques sur les solides et les liquides du corps humain, dans leurs rapports avec la physiologie et la pathologie. Paris and London, Baillière, 1842. One volume. 12.5 by 21 cm. VIII-744 pages + 1 folding plate h.t. Contemporary fawn half-basane, spine decorated. Minor superficial blemishes, and some foxing in the text. First edition. 3. BAUMES (J.-B.-Théodore): Traité des fièvres rémittentes et des indications qu'elles fournissent pour l'usage du quinquina. Montpellier, Sevalle, 1821. 2 vols. 13 by 22 cm. (4)-XLVI-379-(1); (4)-532 pages. Paperback, in original muted dust jackets, untrimmed. Minor blemishes on covers, some interior foxing, and light spotting on part of volume 2, some leaves foxed. 2nd edition. Waring p. 352; Quérard I-p. 226. "This treatise consists of the recasting of two other works, published by Baumes in 1785 and 1789; the first is entitled: De l'usage du quinquina dans les fièvres rémittentes; the second is his Mémoire sur les maladies qui résultent des émanations des eaux stagnantes et des pays marécageux." (Quérard). 4. MIALHE (Dr. Louis): Chemistry applied to physiology and therapeutics. Paris, Masson, 1856. One volume. 13.5 by 22 cm. XXXII-703 pages plus Baillière catalog. Paperback with printed cover. Good condition.