Lot 641

Nicolas Lemery, 'Dictionaire Ou Traite Universel Des Drogues Simples', Rotterdam, Jean Hofhout, 1727, quarto, full leather binding, fourth edition, contains 25 large folding plates, each with 16 individual engravings of plants, corals, and a little hippo. Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715), "the most celebrated pharmacist of France in the 17th century," gave popular and fashionable lectures on chemistry and pharmacy at his store in Paris until 1683, when he had to leave France for religious reasons.