3 sheets folding into 8vo covers (the largest 445 x 572 mm). Tables hand-lettered in French, in ink within rule borders. (A few short tears at folds, a few small stains.) 18th-century pink paper-backed paste-paper-covered boards, hand-lettered label on spine. (Some light wear). 

The large table of common medicinal plants is based on the "dictees botaniques" in the lessons of Bernard de Jussieu. It displays a classic pharmacopoeia describing plants to be used to cure various diseases.  The two tables of poisons appear to be original. In them, the author lists herbal and mineral cures for various symptoms, and how to minister or apply the cure.  He also describes alternative methods when the antidote is ineffective, and lists reagents and chemical methods to use to treat mineral poisons.