BOUTIQUE PHARMACEUTIQUE

Description:

This engraved image appeared as the frontispiece to the Boutique Pharmaceutique ou Antidotaire, a book published by Nicolas Gay in Lyon in 1638. The "C. le Roy fecit" inscription at the bottom refers to the artist, Claude le Roy.

Date Made: 1637

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: France: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Lyon

Subject: Pharmacy

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, European Apothecary, Religion, Art

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Related Publication: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection

Credit Line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1991.0664.0060Accession Number: 1991.0664Catalog Number: M-06253Collector/Donor Number: SAP 946

Object Name: printOther Terms: print; ART OBJECTS

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)white (overall color)black (overall color)etching (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 33 cm x 22.7 cm; 13 in x 8 15/16 inimage: 29.5 cm x 19.5 cm; 11 5/8 in x 7 11/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-a7ab-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_994024

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