Medicine.- Harvey (Gideon) The Family-Physician, and the House Apothecary, second edition, variant B with catchword "Sar" on G4 and signature of H2 below O of "Ounce", early ink signature "Ja: D'arcy" to front free endpaper, contemporary sheep, rubbed, [Wellcome III p.218; Wing H.1065], for M.R[ookes], 1678 § Ball (John) A New Compendious Dispensatory; or, a select body of the most Useful, Accurate, and Elegant Medicines..., only edition, with final advertisement leaf, title lightly browned, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Wellcome II p.92], for T.Cadell, 1769 § Corry (John) The Detector of Quackery, second edition, later half roan, rubbed, [Wellcome II p.394], 1802 § Colbatch (Sir John) A Dissertation concerning Mistletoe, first edition, half-title, modern cloth, [cf.Wellcome II p.368, later printings], William Churchill, 1719, 12mo & 8vo (4)

⁂ The first item, first published in 1676, is a marvellously detailed commentary on the exorbitant prices charged by apothecaries for cheaply (and easily) prepared medicines. Recipes for a wide range of preparations are provided, instructions on method of calculating and mixing ingredients are given, and each is fully costed. The second item is scarce with only 6 UK copies listed by ESTC.