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Anonymous manuscript extracts and plates from Lémery, Dictionanaire des Drogues

 Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0174

Content Description

These two volumes contain collectively 360 numbered pages of plate images accompanied by French manuscript. The images and text are extracted from Dictionnaire ou Traité Universel des Drogues Simples by Nicolas Lémery (1645–1715), a French physician and pharamcist. The images are cut directly from an unidentified edition of the work, with direct text excerpts copied by hand accompanying them.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1800s

Extent

2 Volumes

Language of Materials

French

Title
Guide to Anonymous manuscript extracts and plates from Lémery, Dictionanaire des Drogues
Author
Christi Thomas
Date
5 June 2026
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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