print; title-page

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Object Type: print; title-page
Museum number: 1896,1230.117
Description: Title-page to 'Pharmacopoeia Londinensis' (London, John Marriott, 1627; first published, 1618); title in centre; above, the royal coat of arms between two obelisks and beneath a cloud inscribed with the tetragrammaton and from which a hand extends; to the left of the title, Hippocrates, standing, holding a book; to the right of the title, Galen, standing and holding a book; bottom left and right, half length portraits of Mesue and Avicenna; bottom centre, a shield featuring an emblem of two hands clasped above a thistle. 1618 Engraving
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Production date: 1618
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 255 millimetres; Width: 162 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Hippocrates; Portrait of: Galen; Portrait of: Yuhanna ibn Masawaih; Portrait of: Avicenna
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Acquisition date: 1896
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1896,1230.117

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