First edition of the first national French pharmacopoeia and at the same time the first national pharmacopolia of importance... (LaWall p. 483), ordered by the King in substitution for the 1748 edition of the official Paris pharmocopoea which was considered outdated at the time.
An official copy of the original Latin edition, with the stamp of the Faculté de la Médecine and the signature of the dean of the Faculté. In 1819 a French translation was published which became the official pharmacopoeia for all pharmacists of France: Pharmacopée française, ou code des médicamens (2nd ed.: 1827).
Hinges weak, spine worn, head of spine damaged, lacking the sometimes added trade catalogue of the Firm Aloque with a plate, slightly foxed, otherwise in good condition. LaWall, p. 483; Hélène Lehmann, The Codex Medicamentarius seu Pharmacopoea Parisiensis - 5th edition of 1758 [https://www.librairie-du-cardinal.com/produit/36023_7.jpg]; B. Bonneman, Année 2018. Le 200e anniversaire de la publication de la première Pharmacopée française, in: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Pharmazie, Veröffentlichungen zur Pharmaziegeschichte, 14(2019); J. Flahaut, La vie difficile du premier Codex national français, in: Revue dhistoire de la pharmacie, 88/327 (2000), p. 337-344.