Trade card of Hingston & Company, Chemists and Druggists opposite the Plough Hotel Cheltenham.
by Hingston & Company
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Moray, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cheltenhem, c. 1837. Trade card (90 x 61 mm). Elaborate copperplate engraved text and illustrations of a bust Hippocrates and staff of Asclepius. A few tiny, light spots, adhesive marks to verso. An attractive trade card for the chemists Hingston & Company of Cheltenham, "opposite the Plough Hotel. Prescriptions accurately prepared with drugs and Chemicals from Apothecaries Hall". The text is elaborately engraved and the card features a well-executed bust of Hippocrates and staff of Asclepius. The Science Museum in London has a copy of the same trade card, and the National Archives hold the company's day book and bankruptcy papers from 1837-1839.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alembic Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231
- Title
- Trade card of Hingston & Company, Chemists and Druggists opposite the Plough Hotel Cheltenham.
- Author
- Hingston & Company
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Cheltenhem
- Date Published
- c. 1837
- Keywords
- Medicine|Pharmacy|Chemistry|Scientific Illustration
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About the Seller
Alembic Rare Books
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Moray
About Alembic Rare Books
We specialise in rare science books dating from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century, including first editions, signed copies, manuscripts, objects, and ephemera. We have particular expertise in natural history, genetics and evolution, anatomy, nuclear physics and the Manhattan Project, early computing, and women in science. We also carry books related to women's history and literature.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.