Mémoire Sur Les Vertus Des Pilules Purgatives de Sibié.
Marseille, J.-A. Sibié 1770.
8vo (177 x 166 mm.). 48p. Title in typographic frame, woodcut ornament.
Modern paper wrappers (light soiling).
And: Sibié, Jean-Antoine. fl. 1760-1775.
De Boli O Pillole Purgative O Sia Solutive. Marseille, J.-A. Sibié 1770. 8vo (184 x 119 mm.). 48p. Title in typographic frame, woodcut ornament.
Disbound.
Ad I-II: French (I) and Italian (II) puff pieces for distribution to buyers of Sibié’s miraculous proprietary purgative pills. A member of a Marseille printing dynasty, Sibié opens with a narrative of chronic illness, independent research and pharmaceutical discovery. His own testimonial is confirmed by dozens of other patients, who recount their successful cures. After dosage guidance, the pamphlets close with suggestions of diseases the pills might cure, from dropsy to diarrhea.
Sibié’s pill brochure also appeared in Spanish and English. In good condition (light foxing in the Italian version).
¶Conlon, Le Siècle des Lumières 70: 1441 (I); see Blake’s A Short-Title Catalogue of 18th Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine 417 (English ed).
Price: $3,500.00