United States Dispensatory (Leather, 1847?)
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Wood, George B. & Franklin Bache DISPENSATORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A monumental work on the preparation and use of medicines and drugs. Based on the number of pages, this would be the 1847 edition. Preface is dated 1843. Several recipes written in quill pen on separate papers and glued to pastedowns. Lockport, NY, Doctor R. Davidson's name on sticker on front pastedown. 1366 pagers. Hardcover, Leather. 6x9.25" Nearly 3.5" thick!Overall, fair to good. Leather covers heavily worn, scuffed, etc. Fraying all around but especially at top and bottom of spine. Spine cover cracked, but labels are pretty good. All pages up to page one have had their centers torn out. Text block quite white with just a little age-staining. Index goes thru Unguentum tartari emetici, meaning a page or more is missing. Rear exterior hige cracked 3" down from top. Rear interior hinge cracked.OUR INVENTORY NO.: a4552 (NOTE: Our eBay store is full of hundreds of historical paper items including local history books, vintage maps, old letters, rare books, documents, advertising, art, etc. Best of all, YOU GET TO SET THE PRICE for most of our store inventory via eBay's "Make Offer" option. We accept about 95% of the offers advanced. Try us and see! And we suggest you make us a "favorite seller" and check back often, as we add more nearly every day.) A
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