Der aufrichtige Materialist und Specery-Händler oder Haupt- und allgemeine Beschreibung derer Specereyen und Materialien: Worinnen in dreyen Classen, der Kräuter, Thiere und Materialien, alles, womit die Physica, Chymia, Pharmacia und andere pflegen umzugehen, enthalten ist. [First german Edition of "A compleat History of Druggs [sic] Drugs / Published originally in the year 1694 in French as "Histoire Generale des Drogues" by Monsieur Pomet, chief druggist to the present French king" / A masterful and early work which does not only function as a Herbal but also curiously shows the History and benefits of animals like the Camel (with illustrations of a Camel), depicts the scenes of Whaling, Whale Slaughter and the benefits of whale oil etc.

Pomet, Pierre.

Published by Leipzig, Gleditsch & Weidmann., 1717

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Erste deutsche Ausgabe / First German Edition. Folio (22 cm x 34 cm). [7], 902 (recte 904) Spalten / Columns, [16]. With 67 copper-plates. Original Hardcover / Vellum. Berieben und etwas bestossen, innen etwas gebraeunt. / Very good condition with some rubbing and discoloration (corners slightly bumped only). First German edition. Browning and foxing throughout, title at outer margin cut to the edge and with old manuscript entry, front inner hinge somewhat loose. Bound in contemporary vellum, rubbed, worn and with scratches. Lacking the endpaper. [Pritzel 8147 / Nissen, ZBI 3218] Bedeutende Publikation des fruehen 18.Jahrhunderts die sich mit folgenden Themen beschaeftigt: Walfang / Walfisch auch "Cachalot" genannt, Gewinnen von Walfisch - Tran, Illustration und Nutzen des Kamels, Mineralien ("Judenstein" - Juden - Stein auch "Syrischer Stein" genannt / Salzgewinnung aus dem Judenstein), Seide - Seidenwurm, Tabak etc. Eines der ersten Werke über "Kolonialwaren" und "das erste Handbuch der Pharmakognosie" (Ferchl). Pierre Pomet (1658-1699, franz. Pharmazeut u. Apotheker von Ludwig XIV.) gibt hiermit einen interessanten Einblick in die Handelsgüter seiner Zeit. Es wird auch der Wal oder "Cachalot" in der Nordsee erwaehnt (siehe Abbildung LXI) und das Gewinnen von Tran als Handelsgut mit Frankreich zum reinigen von Schwefel und Bereitung von Leder. Die Tafeln mit Darstellungen von Praktiken zum Einbalsamieren, Heilpflanzen, Tieren, sowie von Bienenzucht, Indigoherstellung, Seidenspinnerei, Tabakpflanzung, Walfang, Zuckerrohranbau, etc. First german Edition of "A compleat history of druggs [sic] drugs : written in French by Monsieur Pomet, chief druggist to the present French king". The plates showing and explaining scenes of whaling (male and femal whale and its slaughter are depicted on plate LXI), the catching of the Whale in the Northsea and its importance as trade-good with France for treating of leather etc. / Scences of embalming in Egypt, Herbs, Medicinal Plants, Procedure of how to win sugar from sugarcane, Bees and how to hold bees and gain honey, etc. Pierre Pomet (2 April 1658 18 November 1699) was a French pharmacist. He was born in Paris. After learning, he travelled in Italia, Germany, Great Britain and Netherlands where he collected specimens, recipes, and knowledge. He came back in Paris and opened a drug shop. He quickly established himself as a successful pharmacist and taught to explain the manufacturing of his products. He became the chief druggist to Louis XIV and purveyor of medicinal remedies from distant lands, including sugar and coffee. He regularly published an index of the simple and compound drugs of his rich collection and the description of his cabinet of curiosities. In 1694, he published the Histoire générale des drogues (General History of Drugs) with about 400 engraved images. His text was translated into German and English in 1712 and widely circulated. He died in Paris in 1699. In 1776, botanists J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. published Pometia, a genus of 2 species of rainforest trees from Asia, belonging to the plant family Sapindaceae. It was named in Pierre Pomet's honour. (Wikipedia) Sprache: deutsch.

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• Title: Der aufrichtige Materialist und Specery-Händler oder Haupt- und allgemeine Beschreibung derer Specereyen und Materialien: Worinnen in dreyen Classen, der Kräuter, Thiere und Materialien, alles, womit die Physica, Chymia, Pharmacia und andere pflegen umzugehen, enthalten ist. [First german Edition of "A compleat History of Druggs [sic] Drugs / Published originally in the year 1694 in French as "Histoire Generale des Drogues" by Monsieur Pomet, chief druggist to the present French king" / A ...
• Publisher: Leipzig, Gleditsch & Weidmann.
• Publication Date: 1717
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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