[Medicine] Handboek der Materies Medica

ofte aanwijzing der kentekenen en kragten der voornaamste geneesmiddelen (..) ook dienende tot bevordering van het gebruik der Bataafsche apotheek. Aldolphus Ypey. Amsterdam. Willem van Vliet. 1811. First edition.

Green cased publisher's cover, 8vo. (8),808 pp., title with sticker on spine. This standard work was translated into other languages including Japanese and was often used in Japan during the later Edo period. R. Ypey was, among other things, a professor at Franeker (botany) and at Leiden (medicine). Rare.