Health & Fitness - Humor, Subjects & Themes - Cartoons & Comic Strips, Professions & Pastimes in Art
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Overview
This is an illustrated catalogue of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's caricature collection of prints and drawings. The collection covers the development of pharmacy and medicine in caricature from the 17th to 20th century. A substantial proportion of the collection is illustrated, including 8 full page colour reproductions. Catalogue entries include full titles; inscriptions; dimensions; details of production, artists, engravers, printers and publishers; principal bibliographical references and descriptions. Particular emphasis is given to examining the social and historic context of each image. The catalogue is intended to serve both as a reference work and as a pictorial introduction to this significant collection.Book Details
Published
January 1, 1989
Publisher
The Pharmaceutical Press
Pages
84
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780853692232