A Paris, Chez L. Colas - Imprimerie de Fain, rue de Racine, 1816, in-12 (8.5 x 14 cm - 3.4 x 5.5. inches), xxvii - 458 pp., contemporary three-quater brown calf (some wears on the paper covering), flat spine richly gilt tooled, marbled edges.
Third re-examined and increased edition of this famous formulary which knew more than 8 editions. Its author the lawyer Charles-Louis Cadet de Gassicourt was initially lawyer and writer before being named first pharmacist of Napoleon. This formulary contains a multitude of formulas for balsams, elixirs, liquors, opiates, pomades, pills, powders, syrups and other remedies. Tear at the first free endpaper with lacks of paper. Owner's ink inscriptions with on pastedowns and free-endpaper. Very decorative binding. Cfr. Welcome, II, p. 284.