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Lot 146 · Highlights from the Medical Library of the late James Tait Goodrich, Part II

Pharmaceutice Rationalis: or an Exercitation of the Operations of Medicines in Humane Bodies. London: T. Dring, C. Harper, and J. Leigh, 1684.

Willis, Thomas. 1621-1675.

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Bonhams — Highlights from the Medical Library of the late James Tait Goodrich, Part II, New York · 16 February 2021
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TB-2026-641812
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Willis, Thomas. 1621-1675., Pharmaceutice Rationalis: or an Exercitation of the Operations of Medicines in Humane Bodies. London: T. Dring, C. Harper, and J. Leigh, 1684. Bonhams, 16 Feb 2021, lot 146. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-641812.

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Willis, Thomas. 1621-1675., Pharmaceutice Rationalis: or an Exercitation of the Operations of Medicines in Humane Bodies. London: T. Dring, C. Harper, and J. Leigh, 1684. Bonhams, 16 Feb 2021, lot 146. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-641812.

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