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Pharmacopoea Rossica (Christian Paeken; Georg Thomas von Asch). "Pharmacopoea Rossica". Petripoli (St. Petersburg): Typis Imperialis Collegii Medici, MLCCIIC (1798). 8vo. Engraved frontispiece, (4), 170, (8), 171-286, (2) pp. Text in Latin and Russian (Cyrillic). Half-leather binding from the time with the title-label (in Cyrillic) on the spine.
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Pharmacopoea Rossica (Christian Paeken; Georg Thomas von Asch). "Pharmacopoea Rossica". Petripoli (St. Petersburg): Typis Imperialis Collegii Medici, MLCCIIC (1798). 8vo. Engraved frontispiece, (4), 170, (8), 171-286, (2) pp. Text in Latin and Russian (Cyrillic). Half-leather binding from the time with the title-label (in Cyrillic) on the spine. The third edition (the second with Russian names) of the first Russian pharmacopoeia (first published in 1778). - Each entry is written chiefly in Latin, but there is also a Russian botanical name (in Cyrillic), sometimes a simple instruction for drug preparation. - An important book.