title: [The engraving of pharmacopoeia between XVIth-XVIIIth Century].
abstract: The pharmacopea is mainly known like a book containing descriptions of drugs and preparations of medicines. During the XVIth-XVIIIth centuries, some of these books were illustrated with engraving frontispieces. This study shows the meaning of these pictures, the composition and the artists and the messages which are incorporated.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bernier
mesh_terms: D004741:Engraving and Engravings / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic / Q000266:history*