Oestreichische Pharmacopöe. Mit Anmerkungen versehen von Dr. Johann Bartholomä Trommsdorff. Pharmacopoea Austriaca.

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Wien, 1818. 264 pp. Fine. Leatherbound. Pharmacopoea Austriaca (1818) is an important early-nineteenth-century pharmaceutical reference work, produced at a time when pharmacy was becoming a standardized, scientifically regulated profession within Europe. Pharmacopoeias functioned as official or semi-official manuals, defining approved medicinal substances, their composition, preparation methods, dosages, and nomenclature. They were essential tools for apothecaries, physicians, and medical authorities, ensuring uniform practice and quality control in the preparation of medicines. This edition was printed in 1818, in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, a period marked by renewed state interest in public health, medical regulation, and administrative reform across Central Europe. The work reflects the transition from traditional, empirically based pharmacy toward a more systematic and chemically informed discipline. A distinctive feature of this volume is its parallel text in both German and Latin. Latin retained its role as the international scholarly language of medicine and pharmacy, ensuring transregional intelligibility, while German addressed the practical needs of local practitioners in the Habsburg and German-speaking territories. This bilingual presentation illustrates the coexistence of learned tradition and emerging vernacular professional practice in early nineteenth-century science.