CORDUS, Valerius (1515-1544). Pharmacorum omnium quae in usu Potiss. Dispensatorium sive antidotarium, Nuremberg: C. Lochner & J. Hofmann, 1592, 4°, woodcut device on title, a few marginal annotations in a contemporary hand (minor spotting, browning or soiling, title and Oo3-6 neatly repaired), later vellum-backed patterned boards [Durling 1030]; bound with Leges ac Statuta Ampliss Senatus (1592).

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CORDUS, Valerius (1515-1544). Pharmacorum omnium quae in usu Potiss. Dispensatorium sive antidotarium, Nuremberg: C. Lochner & J. Hofmann, 1592, 4°, woodcut device on title, a few marginal annotations in a contemporary hand (minor spotting, browning or soiling, title and Oo3-6 neatly repaired), later vellum-backed patterned boards [Durling 1030]; bound with Leges ac Statuta Ampliss Senatus (1592).

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Cordus is regarded as one of the fathers of pharmacognostics. This work was originally published in 1546.

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