Materia Medica | 1878 Pharmacology Text BookMateria Medica is an old fashioned term for a pharmacology book that dates back to ancient Greece but is mostly used in herbalist and homeopathic circles today. It contains an exhaustive list of different remedies (derived from plants, animals, minerals, etc.), how to prepare them, and how they are used. The texbook also includes numerous drugs like cannabis and cocaine and poisons like arsenic and lead. This particular copy dates to 1878 and is bound

Barnes & Noble hardcover edition of Bram Stoker’s Dracula with illustrations by Edward Gorey

Early 19th century soft paste tea cup & saucer depicting children in a cemetery

A good gift for the friend who’s always got the hot goss

The entire piece is in excellent condition

Fabulous antique cast iron candleholders in the shape of griffins or dragons

At some point many decades ago

This particular piece I would categorize as salvage rather than deadstock: Its surface is worn with rust and flaking

These are wonderful mounted on a wall

dressed and undressed

It opens at the top from a button on the spine

decorative arts from around the world

Spectacular