Pharmacy.- Strobelberger (Johann Stephan) Mastichologia seu de universa mastiches natura dissertatio medica..., only edition, browned, title with small defect to fore-edge, moderen calf-backed marbled boards, Leipzig, E.Rehefeldt & Joh. Gros...Justus Janson, 1628 § Gruhlmann (Johann Gottfried) Specimen medicum de novo contra oculorum caliginem remedio tanquam specifico, herniaria sc. ocularia..., only edition, engraved frontispiece, woodcut initials, small neat ink ownership inscription to lower outer corner of title, unbound but spine reinforced with strip of marbled paper, [Wellcome III, 172], Jena, H.C.Croker, 1706 § Chambers (William) Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de ribes arabum et ligno rhodio, only edition, title with charming engraved vignette of workmen building a wall with a castle behind, with the final blank, browned, cropped with loss of ink inscription to foot of title, ink annotation and rust-hole to C1 affecting a few letters, modern cloth, paper label to upper cover, Leiden, Boutesten, 1724, 8vo & 4to (3)

⁂ The first item is a rare work on the nature and medical qualities of the mastic tree, cultivated for its aromatic resin for gastroinstestinal ailments, chewing gum, glues and varnishes. The second is a scarce account of the use of rupture wort as a remedy for disorders of the eyes; Library Hub records only one UK copy (Natural History Museum). The third describes the cultivation and therapeutic use of rhubarb.